ANNUAL REPORT For the Year 2015-16
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E LIG HTENMENT TO PER FECTION UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL Accredited by NAAC with Grade A Raja Rammohunpur, P.O. NBU Dist. Darjeeling, West Bengal, PIN 734013
ANNUAL REPORT
2015-2016
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL
Raja Rammohunpur Dt. Darjeeling PIN - 734013
FROM THE DESK OF THE DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
Welcome to the Annual Report 2015-2016 . .. The publication of the Annual Report is not a statutory requirement only. It is a humble step towards acquainting the stake holders of the University about the University Programmes.
Today the role of the University is not merely to become an agency for dissemination of knowledge and information but it has a higher role to play to guide the nation to achieve excellence. Thus, the report is an opportunity to assess our strengths and weakr12sses and a platform to showcase our future endeavours. It is the embodiment of collective efforts for the realization of our cherished goals.
I wish to thank Sri lndraneel Roy, Assistant Superintendent, University Press Jnd members of his staff for extending full co-operation in publishing this reriort.
Dr. Minakshi Chakraborty Development Officer
OUR VICE CHANCELLORS 8c THEIR TENURE IN OFFICE
ENLIGHTENMENT TO PERFECTION
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1. Professor B.N. Dasgupta pt June, 1962 to 3pt May, 1966
2. Professor A. C. Roy 1st June, 1966 to 3J5f May, 1970
1 3. Professor P. C. Mukherjee pt June, 1970 to 1 ' November, 1974
11 4. Professor A. Dutta 8'h Nov., 1974 to 18 ' April, 1977
5. Professor P. K. Ghosh 2P1 Nov., 1977to18'" April, 1982
6. Professor S. N. Sen (Acting) J~h April, 1982 to~" Sept.11982
11 7. Professor D. B. Dutta 15 ' Sept., 1982 to 3J5f August, 1988
8. Professor K.N. Chatterjee pt Sept., 1988 to 3J5f Dec., 1995
9. Professor R. G. Mukherjee P' Jan., 1996 to 3P1 Dec., 1999
10. Professor P. K. Saha 1st Jan., 2000 to 3P' Dec, 2007
11. Professor A. Basumajumdar pt Jan., 2008 to 3J5fMarch,2012
12. Professor Samir Kumar Das pt April., 2012 to JU" February, 2014
13. Professor Somnath Ghosh JJt'' February, 2014 continue..
As on 31 51 March 2016
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FOREWORD
It gives me immense pleasure to introduce the Annual report 2015-2016 of the University of North Bengal I am honored to be part of a new era of excellence for the University and I look forward to serving the University, particularly in driving an even closer relationship with the communities and stakeholders of this august institution. This Annual Report serves as a reminder of the University's success and outlines the promise of many more achievements yet to come.
We all know that education has the power to transform lives at any and every age. The Annual Report depicts the University's core research mission through the publication and dissemination of evidence-based, factual enquiry and empiricism. Our faculties are leaders in their fields, and their impact.can be felt in three main ways: They connect with the world around them, they innovate in areas of research, and they inspire others to reach new heights.
The Report provides examples which demonstrate that ultimately, all our work is directed towards changing lives, and helping students and other stakeholders to achieve their full potential. We are driving for better educational opportunities for students, through the increased use of technology, and taking measures to continue to increase and consolidate the position of this university in the educational landscape of the country. All of these required increased and renewed efforts, a strong commitment to improve data collection and analysis, accountability frameworks for leaders, and established responsibilities for all stakeholders. I am, therefore, expressing my heartfelt gratitude and sincere thanks to all of them.
We know that success is fountied on partnership and I am happy that the whole community of the University is striving to achieve the maximum impact with the resources entrusted to us. The aspirations and actions set in motion this year will influf:nce:generations to come.
Dr. Subires Bhattacharyya Vice-Chancellor• University of North Bengal
Best Re gards, Place: Haia Rarnm ohunpur Dated: 29 / 6/18
LISTOF OFFICERS' FOlt THE )rEAl 2015-20 16 (AS ON 31.03.2016)
-- Name of the Officers Designation of the Officers SI. No. - I. Pradip Kumar Ghosh Finance Officer 2. Dr. Subrata Sanyal Inspector of Colleges ., - .). Dr. Susanta Das Controller of Examinations - 4. Dr. Swapan Kumar Rakshit Deputy Registrar 5. Dr. Sukhendra Narayan Saha Audit & Accounts Officer 6. Dr. Minakshi Chakraborty Development Officer f--· 7. Sri Brindaban Karmakar Jt. Librarian Secretary, Faculty Council for Post. Graduate Studies in 8. Dr. Abhijeet Deb Arts, Commerce & Law 9. Dr. Nupur Das Secretary, Councils for Under Graduate Studies 10. Dr. Debasis Dutta Deputy Controller of Examinations 11. Sri Gautam Sarkar Tech. Officer-II 12. Dr. Samir Kumar Sarkar Jt. Scientific Reserch Officer Gr. II 13 . Dr. Arunava Bhadra Sr. Reserch Physicist 14. Sri Binod Kumar Assistant Engineer (Electrical) 15. Sri Ajay Misra Documentation Officer 16. Dr. Biswajit Chatterjee Secretary to the Vice-Chancellor 17. Sri Subhrangsu Kr. Mistri Assistant Librarian 18. Sri Santanu Chanda Assistant Librarian - 19. Dr. Joydeep Biswas Assistant Controller of Examination Dr. Rahul Majumdar Asst. Registrar - 20. 2 1. Sri Surajit Das Accounts Officer 22. Sri Kamala Kanta Ghosh Estate Officer 23. Sri Arindam Mukherjee Research Officer 24. Sri Manash Esh Information Scientist 25 . Sri Tamai Sarkar Tech. Officer (I)
Compiled by Registrar Branch
CHAPTER-I GENERAL The University and its Mission ... Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor. Deans The Notable Activities ... Table I, Enrolment ofStudents of UG Level Table - II, Enrolment ofSC /ST Students of UG Level Table - Ill, Enrolment ofStudents ofPG Level ... Table - IV, Enrolment ofSC/ST Students of PG Level
CHAPTER-II POST-GRADUATE TEACHING DEPARTMENTS: SCIENCE: Anthropology 7 Bio-technology ... 13 Botany & Bioinformatics Facility 21 Chemistry 31 Computer Science & Application 42 Geography & Applied Geography 48 Mathematics 55 Microbiology 60 Physics 62 Tea Science 67 Zoology 73 ARTS, COMMERCE & LAW: Bengali 81 Commerce 86 90 1~·conomics Hnglish 97 Hindi 99 History 103 Law 108 Library & Information Science 115 Lifelong Learning & Extension 117 Management 119 Mass Communication 122 Nepali 123 Philosophy 126 Political Science 132 Sociology 134
CHAPTER - III RESEARCH CENTERS Centre for Himalayan Studies 139 Centre for Women 's Studies 143 High Energy & Cosmic Ray Research Centre 154 Center of Floriculture & Agri-Business Management (COFAM) 156 Centre for Studies in Local Languages and Cultures 163
CHAPTER-IV UGC SPONSORED CENTRES Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) .. . 165
CHAPTER-V CENTRAL SERVICES Akshay Kumar Maitreya Museum 167 Computer Centre 170 Engineering Department 172 University Library 173 University Science & Instrumentation Centre (USIC) 176 University Press 179 .. CHAPTER-VI SERVICES AND AMENITIES Basic Facilities for Women 183 Centre.for Differently Abled Persons 184 Day Care Centre 186 ·. Coaching for SC/ST Students National Eligibility Test (NET) 187
·' Remedial Coaching Scheme for P. G. SC/ST Students 193 Entry Into Services Scheme 197 Health Centre 198 Sports Board 199
CHAPTER - VII DISTANCE EDUCATION Directorate ofDistance Education 203
CHAPTER - VIII UGC Human Resource Development Centre ... 205
CHAPTER-IX GENERAL ADMINISTRATION Examinations Branch 207 Finance Department 211 Under-Graduate Council 215
CHAPTER-X AUTHORITIES OF THE UNIVERSITY Members of the Court 217 Members of the Executive Council 222 Members of the Faculty Council for P.G. Studies in Science 224 Members of the Faculty Council.for P.G. Studies in Arts Commerce & law 226
CHAPTER-XI NEW APPOINTMENTS, FAREWELL & OBITUARY New Appointments, Farewell & Obituary 229
CHAPTER - XII CONVOCATION Forty-Sixth Annual Convocation 231 CHAPTER -XIII AFFILIATED COLLEGES Affiliated Colleges 241
CHAPTER -XIV JALPAIGURI CAMPUS Jalpaiguri Campus 247 CHAPTER- I
GENERAL
GENERAL
The University t1nd its mission: The University of North Bengal was established by an Act of ihe Legislature of West Bengal in 1962 with the mission "to encourage and provide for instruction for teaching, training and research in variou branches of learning and course of study; to promote advancement and di cmination of knowledge and learning and to extend higher education to meet the growing needs of society." The University of North Bengal campus covers an area of nearly 331 acres of land at the foothills of the high Himalaya in clo e proximity of vast plains around it with a fascinating glimpse or the Kanchenjunga peak, tea gardens and forest cover. The University of North Bengal has acquired 36.138 acres of land and has set up another campus at Jalpaiguri by the side of the campus of Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College for widening the dimension and scope of Higher Education and Research in one more Centre for Higher Education thr'>ugh modern studies for spreading advancement of learning in various branches of Humanities. Science and ·1cchnology in order to reach the people of this region in a bigger way so that they can have better and easier access to Higher Education. The University of North Bengal, since its inception in 1962, has been fulfilling the objective. of imparting higher education and re earch to the people of this socio-economically backward area of the country. With the global advancement and requirements in the arena of higher education and research. the University has shouldered the responsibility of dissemination of knowledge by judicious expansion of its role in advanced, non-conventional, applied and job-oriented fields keeping the quality of education at par with global standards at low cost. The University has taken initiatives in qualitative growth by way of achieving excellence. The Departments arc well-equipped with research programmes from various agcncic and have received academic distinctions and recognitions. Chance/It,. ·: As required under section 8(1) of the North Bengal University Act, the Governor, by virtue of his office, is the Chancellor of the University. Sri Kcshari Nath Tripathi, Governor of West Bengal has been holding the office of the Chancellor of the University since July 24th, 2014. Vice-Chancellor: Profcs or (Dr.) Somnath Ghosh joined his office as Vice-Chancellor of University of North Bengal on 11 111 February, 2014 and is continuing his office. Deans: Faculty Council for P. G. Studies in Science: Professor Amitabha Mukhopadhyay, Department of Physics has been appointed Dean of the Faculty of Science with effect from 10.05 .20 ! 3. Faculty Council for P. G. Studies in Arts, Commerce & Law: Professor Palash Ranjan Sengupta, Department of Commerce has been appointed Dean of the FacJlty of Arts, Commerce & Law with effect from 10.05.2013.
1 A NOTABLE ACTIVITIES
Academic Activities: The University has a host of programmes which enables it to invite scholars and researchers of Eminence from within India as well as from abroad to visit the University interact with students, teachers and researchers to add to the knowledge base of the University. The University's mission is of social inclusion. The University has been finding out ways of tapping the resources and actualizing the region's potential and taking initiatives for the benefit of the under privileged people of the region. Departments and Centres are involved in imparting knowledge and life skills. They are also instrumental in archiving and preserving folklore, language and culture of communities that have been facing the threat of extinction in our era of globalization. 32 Professors of various Universities have visited different departments of our University and delivered lectures during this session. 12 Teachers visited foreign countries from UGC funds and 50 Teachers participated in National Conferenc.es from UGC funds. Teachers of various departments ( ' the University have published more than 400 books and articles I papers I journals in refereed Nation"! and International Journals. 20 departments of the Arts, Commerce and Law faculty as well as of Science Faculty have organized 42 nos of Seminars and Workshops during this year 2015-2016. To encourage the students, the following UGC Scholarships have been awarded to students besides other State and University Scholarships: i. Post-graduate Indira Gandhi Scholarship for Single Girl Child ii. Post-Graduate Merit Scholarship for University Rank Holder. iii. UGC-NET Junior Research Fellowship iv. UGC Basic Science & Research Fellowship. v. UGC Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship. The University runs its UG programmes through its affiliated colleges. Admissions in these colleges are based on merit and policy of reservation as per the government guideline and through online application followed by verification of documents at the college level. The University controls the strength of seats for each programme and sets the dead-line for admission in the college and monitors data as per basic information sheets. Following 5 new Colleges were established during the Academic Session 2015-2016, which is affiliated to the University of North Bengal: i. Eastern Dooars B.Ed. Training College. ii. Manoranjan Saha B.Ed. Training College. ii;. Gorernment General Degree College (Gorubathan). iv. Government General Degree College (Pedong). v. Pijush Kanti Mukherjee Mahavidyalaya.
2 3 departments of the Arts, Commerce and Law faculty as well as of Science Faculty have received 5 nos of Awards during this year 2015-2016. Other Important Activities: Scholars from different parts of India and some even from China, Bangladesh, Srilanka, Japan, Taiwan and other countries now visit the Museum and the Akshaya Kumar Maitreya Heritage Museum has received some artifacts during the period of 2015-2016. During this mentioned period more than 8,000 visitors came to the Museum. The Centre for Studies in Local Languages and Cultures has organized National and International Seminars cum Workshops, Cultural Programmes and Folk Festivals throughout the year. UGC Human Research Development Centre organized and conducted 04 Orientation Programmes for newly appointed College/University Teachers and 06 Refreshers Courses for serving Teachers in this region and 04 Short-term Courses for Officers, Principals and Non-teaching Staff. In this year 2015-2016 Six nos. of construction work has been completed in the campus of the University of North Beng~l from the UGC, State Government and RUSA fund: In this Yt'.ll:r 2015-2016 Rs. 20.00 Crore have been sanctioned to the University of North Bengal under RUSA and Rs. 10.00 Crore has been utilized for the overall development of the University including upgrading classrooms installing Cluster Computer system etc. Books, Journals including E Books and E-Journals have been purchased. Laboratories have been upgraded and renovated. The back log created because of transfer from department wise roster to central roster has been normalized for the teaching posts according to UGC regulations. Promotional roster regarding SC I ST backlogs 1have been sorted out for the non-teaching staff. Augmentation of power supply by installation of 250 KV A Transformers + 250 KV A Generators has partially solved our long standing power problem. The following University Grants Commission schemes are being implemented for the overall good of the University: a. Day Care Centre. b. Basic Facilities for Women. c. Facilities for Differently Abled Person. d. Remedial Coaching for SC/ST and Minorities. e. Coaching classes for Entry-into-Services for SC/ST and Minorities. f. Coaching for NET in respect of SC/ST and Minorities. g. Adventure Sports. h. Encouraging Travel within and outside the country for teaching staff, officers and research scholars.
1. Faculty Improvement Programmes. j. University Industry Linkage. k. Innovative Research Activities. etc to mention a few of the schemes.
3 Our University Library speaks volumes regarding the academic pur uits of our university. Total number of documents added in this year is 6,509. During the period, library has up-graded itself considerably. The details are: Library Statistics: Particulars 2015-16 (as on 31.03.2016) SI. No. - - Total number of documents accessioned 2,78,503 1. Text Books 2,25,208 2. Reference Books 8 550 3. Rare Books 648 4. Bound Periodicals 37,145 5. Theses 1,423 6. Non-Print Materials 1,049 7. Census 2,350 8. Reports 1.769 9. Gazetters 180 10. Debates 201 -
Social Responsibilities: Beside teaching and research, we arc not running behind in associating ourselves to cater to the social needs and responsibilities. The students of the department of Mathematics organized a Blood Donation Camp on 21 51 May, 2015 where 180 units of blood contributed. The Centre for Women's Studies has organized a seven days Certificate course on "Reproductive an 4 TOTAL STUDENTS ENROLMENT OF UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGES Year Male Female Total Enrohnent 2015-2016 21,639 23 ,571 45,210 2015-2016 • M ale • F ema l e SC/STSTUDENTSENROLMENT IN UNDER-GRADUATE COLLEGES Year Male Female Total 2015-2016 9,578 10,569 20,147 2015-2016 • Male • Female 5 TOTAL STUDENTS ENROLMENT IN REGULAR POST GRADUATE TEACHING DEPARTMENTS Year Male Female Total 2015-2016 618 711 1329 2015-2016 • Male • Female SC / STSTUDENTSENROLMENT IN REGUALR POSTGRADUATE DEPARTMENTS Year Male Female Total 2015-2016 246 253 499 2015-2016 • Male • Fernale CHAPTER - II POST-GRADUATE TEACHING DEPARTMENTS SCIENCE Department of Anthropology I. Name of the Department: ANTHROPOLOGY 2. Date of Establishment: Year of Establishment 2001 3. Introduction of the Department: The Department of Anthropology has M.Sc. and Ph.D. programmes in different fields of Anthropology. The academic programmes are so designed as to enable the students and scholars to acquire a good understanding of people, society and culture at the micro level. The special focus of the department is to examine and analyze the regional and loca: issues of greater anthropological significance. The department has an innovative plan to develop interdisciplinary interaction for strengthening its teaching and research programmes. Participatory approach and Lab to Land method has been adopted to develop the teaching and research activities of the department. 4. Name of the Faculties: Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Prof. Jaydip Sen Dr. Samar Kumar Biswas Dr. Pinak Tarafdar (Specialization: Physical (Specialization: Social- (Specialization: Social- Anthropology & Human Cultural Anthropology). Cultural Anthropology). Genetics). 5. Name of Ph.D. Research Scholars: (i) Sri. Yougan T~mang, UGC-Senior Research Fellow, (ii) Sri. Binu Dorjee, UGC-Senior Research Fellow, (iii) Smt. .Sampriti Debnath, UGC-Junior Research Fellow, (iv) Smt. Pushpa Lata Tigga, Rajiv Gandhi National Fellow, (v) Smt. Grace Leivon, Rajiv Gandhi National Fellow, (vi) Smt. Chumu Sherpa, Rajiv Gandhi National Fellow, (vii) Smt. Susmita Roy, Raj iv Gandhi National Fellow, (viii) Sri. Sukanta Das, Rajiv Gandhi National Fellow, (ix) Sri. Subhankar Roy, Senior Research Fellow, State/University Fellow, (x) Sri. Ashok Das Gupta, Research Scholar, (xi) Mr. Amit Ghosh, Research Scholar, (xii) Mr. Mandip Tamang, Research Scholar, (xiii)Mrs. Mridusmita Goswami, Research Scholar, (xiv) Ms. Depica Dana!, Research Scholar, 6. Name of the Project Fellow: (i) Riwaj Rai, Project Fellow 7. Name of the Non-Teaching Staff. i) Name: Sri. Narayan Das, Designation: Senior Assistant 7 8. Student Strength: Students Male Female Total 1st Semester 3 9 12 Part-I 2"d Semester 3 9 12 3rd Semester 3 4 7 Part-II 4th Semester 3 4 7 9. Seminar I Conference attended (Outside the Country & Within the Country) Name of the Name of the Seminars/ Venue &Date Title of the Paper presented I Teacher Conferences Prof. Jaydip NIL NIL NIL Sen : Dr. Samar 45th Annual Conference Calcutta University, Effect of Livelihood Resource Kumar Biswas of the Indi~n Jute Technology, Depletion and Changes on a Anthropological Dated: 23-25. 5.2015 Particularly Vulnerable Society C!,n Tribal Group, Toto ofSub- "Anthropology and Himalayan West Bengal Human Welfare" Dr. Samar Satellite Conference on North Bengal Participated only. Kumar Biswas · 22°d WBSSTC. University, Dated: 3-4.6.15 Dr, Samar · National Workshop ICSSR-ERC and Tribal Identity is on the Kumar BisJas cum Orientation Dept. ofSociology, Crossroads: A Study on the Programme on St. Xavier College, Totos, A Primarily "Identities, Mobility Kolkata. Vulnerable Tribal Group and Well-Beinf!" Dated 26-2.7.. 9 .15 < Dr. Samar State Level North Bengal Struggle for getting Food and Kumar Biswas Consultation on 'Issues University Nutrition ... for Survival: An in Nutrition security Dated: 19.11.2015 Observation on the affecting Dalits and Marginalized People Adivasis' Dr. Samar XXXIX Indian Social Mangalore Convener of the Kumar Biswas Science Congress On University, Indian Anthropology Research "Emerging Interfaces Academy of Social Committee ofXXXIX ISSC; of Social Sciences, 1 and also presented a paper Science and Public Dated:_l-5. 12.15 entitled "Environmental Policy in India" Degradation (111d its Consequences on Economy: A Study on Sagar Island, West Benf!al. Dr. Samar UGC sponsored Department of Presented Paper entitled Kumar Biswas National Seminar on Anthropology, "Contested Identities of the 'Anthropology and University of North Indigenous People in Sub- Society' Bengal, Himalayan West Bengal" Dated 22-23.12.2015. Dr. Samar UGC sponsored Department of Chaired the Technical 8 Kumar Biswas National Seminar on Anthropology, Session- IV, on 23.12.2016 at Anthropology and University of North 10.30 am to 12.00 noon. Society, Bengal, Dated 23.12.2015. Dr. Samar International Seminar Presidency Chaired a session and Kumar Biswas on Right of Mother University, Kolkata. presented a paper Tongue and Language Dated: 20-21. 2. 2016 "Language/Dialect of a Little Democracy Known Community: Issues and Ovvortunities " · Dr. Samar International Seminar North Bengal Chaired a session and Kumar Biswas on "Anchalik Bhasay University presented a paper entitled Sahityacharcha: Dated: 10-12. 3.2016 "Folksongs ofthe Totos- Samosyao Some Issues " Sambhabona Dr. Pinak 45th Annual Conference Kolkata, Typological Variations of Tarafdar of the Indian 23rd -25tJ' May 2015, Prehistoric Assemblages in Anthropologicd the Surrounding Regions of Society, Susunia Hill, District Bankura, West Bengal Dr. Pinak UGC sponsored Department of The Significant of Prehistoric Tarafdar National Seminar on Anthropology, Sites of Galudih, 'Anthropology and University of North Society' Bengal. 22nd_23rd December, 2015. Dr. Pinak UGC sponsored Department of Session chaired on Medical Tarafdar National Seminar on Anthropology, Anthropology and Health Anthropology and University of North Issues in the Seminar Society, Bengal. 22nd_23rd December, 2015. Dr. Pinak Indigenous Department of Identity Struggle and quest Tarafdar Ethnography, Ernie Anthropology, Assam for TribalizatioP: A Case of Perspective And University, Diphu 'Mangar' population National Cultural Campus. . Heritage: Focusing 6th _7th January, 2016 . North East India Dr. Pinak Indigenous Department of Co-chaired in a technical Tarafdar Ethnography, Ernie Anthropology, Assam session m Perspective And University, Diphu National Cultural Campus. Heritage: Focusing 6th -7th January, 2016 '. North East India Dr. Pinak International Seminar Asiatic Society, Impact of Habitation Change Tarafdar on Cultural Resource Kolkata, on Indigenous Knowledge of Management in the 3ot11 and 31st March Healthcare Practices: A Case Perspective of Human 2016. of Intangible Cultural Rights, Resource Management in the I Perspective of Rizhts to I Health 10. Organized Seminar I Conference: Yes Name of the Seminar Date of the Seminar I Remarks Conference Conference "Anthropology and 22°d and 2Jfd December, 2015 Funded by the UGC Society" 11. Publications: (i) Publications of Prof. Jaydip Sen: (a) Books Edited: Monda! Nitish, Sen Jaydip. Nutrition and Health among Tribal Populations of India: A bio-cultural Approach. New Delhi, B.R. Publishing Corporation, 2016. (b) Paper published in the Journals Name of the Author Name of the Book/Journal/ Volume Year of Publication Nitish Monda!, Jaydip Neck ClfCUI ~erenc~ as a screen mg measure of 2016 Sen, Kaushik Bose, overweight/ob1..sity among Indian adults. Anthropological Ruplin Timungpi, Review. 79(3 ):145-363. doi: I 0.15 I 5Ljlnre- 2016-0025 Moniram Kathar, (International). Sarlcngki Hanse Sen Jaydip, Kanchan Estimation of sex From index and ring finger lengths in an 2015 Tanuj, Ghosh Ahana, indigenous population of Eastern India. Journal of Clinical Monda! Nitish, Krishan and Diagnostic Research. 9:HC01-HC05. Kewal doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2015114940.6846 (International) Dorjee Binu, Das ' bermatoglyphic variations among the Limbo of Sikkim, 2015 Sukanta, Monda! India .. Journal of Comparative Human Biology HOMO. Nitish, Sen Jaydip 66:455-70. doi: 10.1016/j.jchb.2015.02.010. (International). Sen J, Monda) N, Upper arm composition as an· indicator of body 2015 Ghosh P composition and nutritional status of adolescent boys aged 10-18 years. Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society 35(2):151-160. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ jnps.v35i2. 13250. (International Journal) Melody Seb Rengma, Socio-economic, demographic and lifestyle determinants 2015. Sen Jaydip, Monda) of overweight and obesity among adults of Northeast Nitish India. Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences. 25: 199-208. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejhs.v25i3.2 (International) Tigga Pushpa Lata, Effects of certain socio-economic, socio-demographic and 2015 Monda! Nitish, Sen life style factors on the prevalence of thinness among pre- Jaydip school children of North Bengal, India. Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health. 12:el0282-l 1. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2427 /10282 (International) Tigga Pushpa Lata, Sen Association of some socio-economic variables and socio- 2015 Jaydip, Monda! Nitish demographic variables with wasting among preschool children of North Bengal, India. Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences. 25 :63-72. 10 Dorjee B, Sen J Estimation of stature from arm span, arm length and tibial 2016 length among Bengalee children aged 3-11 years. Human Biolo Review, 5 2 :128-145. National. Tigga PL, Monda! N, Head circumference as an indicator of undernutrition 2016 Sen J among tribal pre-school children aged 2-5 years of North Bengal, India. Human Biology Review. 5(1): 17-33. National). Sen Jaydip, Tigga The effects of toxic trace elements in humans, with special 2015 Pushpa Lata reference to the toxic element mercury. In. Mithun Sikdar (ed.) Human growth: the mirror of the society. Delhi, B. R. Publishin Co . 55-98. ational). (ii) Publications of Dr. Samar Kumar Biswas: Name of the Name of the Book I Journal I Volume Year of. Author Publication Sa mar Perspectives of Tribal Livelihood: Issues and Challenges in the 2014, but Kumar present Era, Humankind, originally Biswas on 2015 Sa mar The Jarawa (Ang) Territory: Historical Manifestation and 2015 Kumar Contextual Situations m Andaman Islands, North Bengal Biswas AnthropoloKist annually Sa mar The Issues of Child Rights: A Case Study, North Bengal 2015 Kumar Anthropologist annually, 3: 127-13 7 Biswas Samar Ethical Issues of Anthropology with Special Reference to Field- 2015 Kumar Work, August, 2014 m S. Biswas (ed.) Ethical Issues m Biswas Anthropological Research, 65-76. (iii) Publications of Dr. Pinak Tarafdar: Name of the Name of the Book I Journal I Volume Year of Author Publication Dr. Pinak Indigenous Population of North Bengal: A Contemporary 2015. Tarafdar Contemplation in Omnibus of North Bengal The History and Culture of the Hills and the Plains, Anita Bagchi and Dahlia Bhattacharya (eds.), B.R. Publishing Corporation, Delhi 12. Research Projects (Major & Minor): Ma.ior Research Pro· ect Title of the Scheme Project Sanctioned Remarks Authority D~. Jaydip Sen - Nil Nil Dr. Samar Kumar Biswas F.No.42-492/2013 (SR); Dated: 20rn "Deforestation and Land Alienation: UGC February, 2014)" for the tenure of LivinK on the EdKe A Study on an 01.4 2013 to 31.3. 2017. Rs. 11 Endanf,!ered Tribe" 727100/- Dr. Pinak Tarafdar Nil Nil Minor Research Proiect Title of the Scheme Project Sanctioned Remarks Authoritv I Dr. Jaydip Sen Nil Nil Dr. Samar Kumar Biswas Ref. No. 4355/ R-2015; Dated: "Culture and Livelihood of the NBU 23.12.2015 ', Rs. =75,000/-; period: Shervas " 1st April, 2015- 31 st March, 201 6 Dr. Pinak Tarafdar Nil Nil 13. Visiting Fellow: UGC Name of the Visitin!?: Fellow Duration Prof. Jagannath Dash, (Retd.) 07.03.2016-17.03.2016 Professor Dept. of Anthropology, Utkal University 14. Any other information (Award received): NIL 12 Department of Biotechnology 1. Name of the Departmentnt: BIOTECHNOLOGY 2. Date of Establishment: 3. Introduction of the Department: The Department of Biotechnology (Suppored by DBT, GoI), promotes and facilitates faculty, research scholars and student research in Microbiology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics to achieve goals of Biotechnology. The department provides technical support for research and a nucleus for interdisciplinary research and training initiatives, and prepares students and research scholars to work in modern research facilities at University of North Bengal. The Department of Biotechnology is committed to the values of: Pursuit of excellance, Academic and intectual freedom, Creativity and innovation, Diversity, coopration and communication and Accountability. The depatment has been capable to establish Biotechnology and Genomics-Proteomics-Metabolomics-Resistome research initiatives to provide students with outstanding research projects in supported programs. The department currently provides strong ties between researches in different DBT sponsored departments of the country.It has strengthen ties with the National Research Institutes, R&D Centres and other public Institutions and increased coopration in consortium programs and Interdisciplinary research. 4. Name of the Faculty: Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professors Prof. Ranadhir Chakraborty Dr. Shilpi Ghosh Dr. Dipanwita Saha Dr. Anoop Kumar 5. Name of the Research Scholars: Ms. Moushree Pal Roy Ms. Arnrita Acharya Mr. Shyama Prasad Saha Ms. Deepika Mazumdar (Project Fellow, UGC project) Ms. Khusboo Lepch:i. (INSPIRE Fellow, DST) Mr. Vaskar Das, RGF, UGC Ms. Vijeta Rai, CSIR-JRF Mr. Bipransh K Tiwari (Res. Fellow, UGC Innovative Project) Mr. Satadal Sarkar (SRF, UGC project) Mr. Vivek K Ranjan (BT-BET, JRF) Mr. Subhanil Chakraborty (INSPIRE Fellow, DST) Mr. Rudraprasad Roy (DBT-WB, Res. Fellow) Ms. Gargee Dhar Purkayastha (CSIR-SRF) Ms. Priti Mangar (UGC-BSR) Ms. Srnriti Pradhan Ms Pinkey Lhamu Lepcha Ms Anindita Chakraborty Mr Bhushan Gurung Mr Prasanta Bera 6. Name of the Project Scholars: Ms. Pranita Pradhan, DST-JRF 7. Name of the Non -Teaching staff: Mr. Biswajit Burman 13 Mr. Raja Bauri Mr. Dipak Das 8. Student strength: Semester 1: 07 (Seven) Semester 3: 05 (Five) 9. Seminar/Conference/workshop attended (outside the country & within country) Name of the Name of the teacher Seminar/Conference Venue & Date Title of Paper Dr. Shilpi 22"d West Bengal State NBU, 28th Feb to pt Ghosh Science and Technology March, 2015 Congress International Conference I0-12th February, 2016 S. Ghosh, M.Pal Roy, D. on Recent Advances in at Amity Institute of Mazumder (2016) Gene Biotechnology, Biotechnology, Amity cloning, Expression and University, Gwalior. Characterization of phytase from Shigella sp. CD2. National Seminar on Man 28th to 29th March, 2016 S. Ghosh (2016) and Microbes at Raigunj University, Molecular gene cloning Raigunj, West Bengal. and expression of bacterial phytase. (Invited Lecture). Prof. 3rd Annual Next 15-16 June 2015, "Blending NGS data with Ranadhir Generation Sequencing London, UK. phenotype plasticity in Chakraborty Data Congress OXFORD International Bacteria" (INVITED SPEAKER) National.Seminar on" 26-28 June 2015, "Microbes to mitigate Global Climate change St. Joseph's College, Global climate change" I and its impacts on floral, Darjeeling (KEY NOTE SPEAKER) fauna! and microbial diversity" UGC sponsored National 9-10th October, 2015. "Should India's Seminar on "Democracy, Netajii Subhas democratic structures Discontent and Mahavidyalaya, continue with gender Autonomy demands: The Haldibari inequality in political Contemporary Indian spaces?" (INVITED Federal Experience" SPEAKER) National Science Day Nov.22, 2015, Visva- "Future of Biology in the Celebration Seminar Bharati context of the present development and Nation building" (INVITED ~ SPEAKER) National Seminar on 28th to 29th March, 2016 'Tale ofVancomycin "Man and Microbes" at Raigunj University, susceptibility/resistance in Raigunj, West Bengal. bacterial residents of two extreme ecological niches, Beringian Permafrost and Indian geothermal springs' (Plenary Speaker) National Seminar on 10th March, 2016, at "Ethno-pharmocologically 14 "Defining Modem Gourbanga University relevant plants and the Biology: Plants and prospect of development Microbes" of green therapeutics for combating hard to manage bacterial diseases' (Plenary Speaker) National Seminar on " 29th February- 1st 'Tracking Metallo-~- Microbiology in 21st March 2016, Vidyasagar lactamase (including Century" University NDM -1) genes in Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria present in the I fourth genetic reactor and their horizontal gene transfer potential: A model study on Karala River in Jalpaiguri of the Northern West Bengal' (Invited Speaker) UGC-CPE 10-11 April, 2016, 'Future of Science in Interdisciplinary Acharya B.N. Seal India" (Science) National College, Coochbehar Seminar on "Frontiers in Science and Technology towards National Development" Dr. 6th International Feb. 23-27, 2016, NASC Control of foliar diseases Dipanwita Conference on "Plant, Complex, New Delhi, of tea by C/ausena Saha Pathogens and People'', India. excavata leaf extract Received Best poster presentation award (Yd prize) "World Congress on 23-25 November, 2016, Antifungal activity of Drug Discovery and Indian Institute of three natural coumarins Development" Science, Bengaluru and one biotransformed clerodane diterpene National seminar on 16-17 March, 2016, Management of foliar "Current trends in Plant Raigunj University fungal diseases in tea by and MiCrobial Research" plant extracts (INVITED TALK) 6th International 25th February, 2016 "PGPRs for sustainable conference and Indian crop productivity" ' chapter of Asian PGPR (Participant) Satellite Workshop . 22°d West Bengal State NBU, 28th Feb to 1st (Part of the organizing Science and. Technology March, 2015 committee) Congress National Conference on 11-12 December, 2015, Acted as Chairman of a Natural Resources, Department of Zoology 'Technical Session' Diversity and Sustainable and Biotechnology, I Development University of North · Bengal Dr.Anoop "2°d National workshop March 14-18, 2016, Ku_mar on NEXT Generation National Institute of Sequencing in disease Pathology, New Delhi diagnosis and therapeutic target discovery" N~tional Conference on 11-12 December, 2015, Natural Resources, Department of Zoology Diver_sity and Sustainable and Biotechnology, Development University of North -- Bengal 1st Refresher course in 20/07/2015-14/08/2015, Life Science and UGC. Human Resource Biotechnology Development Center, Jawaharlal Nehru I University, New Delhi 10. Organized Seminars/Conferences/Workshop Name of the Seminar/Conference/workshop Date of the Seminar National Conference on Natural Resources, Diversity and Sustainable Development 11 Publication: ;.. Year of Name of author , Name of Journal I book I volume publication Dr. Shilpi Ghosh ~ I 1. Manda! A, Ghosh S, Ghosh A, Sil S, Medicinal Chemistry Research 2016 Bothra AK, Ghosh P (2016) 3- _25:1087-1095 (IF- 1.43) epihydroxy lup---20(29)-en-19(28)- olide: Partial synthesis, antitopoisomerase activity. 2. Karmakar G, Nahak P, Guha P, Roy B, Journal of Oleo Science 65:419-430 2016 Chettri P, ...... Torigoe K, Ghosh S, (IF-1.0) Panda A (2016) Effects of fatty acids on I the interfacial and solution behavior of mixed lipidic aggregates with special reference to solid liquid nanopartiles. ' 3. Palroy M, Mazumder D, Datta S, Ghosh ~ · Plos one e0145745 (IF 3.26). 2016 S (2016) Cloning and expression of ii phytase appA gene from Shigella sp.CD2 in Pichia pastoris and comparison of properties with recombinant enzyme expressed in E.coli 4. Sarkar P, Ghosh S (2016) Purification J of Microbiology Biotechnology 2016 and characterization of solvent stable and Food Science 5:602-605. lipase from a solvent tolerant strain of Geo bacillus stearothermophilus PS 11. 15. Manda! A, Das V, Ghosh P, Ghosh S Natural Product Communications (2015) Anti-diabetic effect of friedelan 10:1683-1686 (IF 0.93 16 I triterpeno ids in streptozotocin induced diabetic rat. Prof. Ranadhir Chakrabortv 1. Roy, C., Alam, M., Manda!, S., Haldar, Front Microbiol 31;7:412. 2016 P.K., Bhattacharya, S., Mukherjee, T., Roy, R., Rameez, M.J, Misra, A. K., Chakraborty, IL Nanda, A.K. (2016) Global Association between Thermophilicity and Vancomycin Susceptibility in.Bacteria. 2. Pradhan K, Tiwary BK, Hossain M, · RSC. Adv. 6: 10743-10749 2016 Chakraborty R and Nanda AK (2016) A mechanistic study of carbonyl activation under solvent-free conditions: evidence drawn from the synthesis of imidazoles 3. Manda) SM, Pati BR, Chakraborty R, Front Biosci (Elite Ed). 8: 450-459 2016 Franco OL (2016) New insights into the bioactivity of peptides from probiotics 4. Tiwary, B. , Kumar, A. , Pathak, R., Advances in Microbiology. 6: 222- 2016 Pandey, N., Yadav, K. and Chakraborty, 232 R. (2016) The Locus PgaABCD of ' Acinetobacter junii Putatively Responsible for Poly-~-(1,6)-N- Acetylglucosamine Biosynthesis Might Be Related to Biofilm Formation: A Computational Analysis. 5. Amit Basak (Editor), Ranadhir Springer; 1st ed. 2016 edition (5 2016 Chakraborty (Editor), Santi M. Manda! June 2016) ISBN-10: 8132227808 (Editor) (2016) Recent Trends in ISBN-13: 978-8132227809 Antifungal Agents and Antifungal Therapy 6. Chakraborty, R., Manda!, A.K. (2016) Biodiversity and Sustainability: 2016 Hunting Food together is a Social Opportunities and Challenges. pp. Behaviour. Do Bacteria become Social 45-58. Edition: First Edition, in Scarcity and Selfish in Abundance? Publisher: Raiganj Surendranath ' Mahavidyalaya, Editor: Abhijit Sarkar and Rakhee Das Biswas, ISBN: 978-93-5254-104-1 7. Tiwary BK , Pradhan K, Nanda AK, J Chem Biol Ther. 1: 104-112 2015 Chakraborty R. (2015) Implication of Quinazoline-4(3H)-ones in Medicinal Chemistry: A Brief Review. 8. Manda! SM, , Chakraborty A, Hossain Molecular BioSystems 7 2015 M, Mahata D, Porto W F, Chakraborty R, Mukhopadhyay CK, Franco OL, Hazra, TK, BasaK A. (2015) I Amphotericin B and Anidulafungin I Directly Interact with DNA and Induce . Oxidatve Damage in Mammalian Genome 9. Manna DK, Manda! AK, Sen IK, Maji P, International Journal of Biological 2015 Chakraborty S, Chakraborty R, Islam SS. tvfacromolecules. 7 (2015) Antbacterial and DNA degradaton potental of silver nanopartcles synthesized via green · route. 10. Kumar A, Tiwary BK, Kachhap S, PlosOne DOI: 2015 Nanda AK, Chakraborty R. (2015). An 10.1371 Escherichia coli Strain, PGBO 1, Isolated from Feral Pigeon Faeces, Thermally Fit to Survive in Pigeon, Shows High Level Resistance to Trimethoprim. 11. Tiwary BK, Bihani S, Kumar A, BMC Complement Altern Med. 7: 2015 Chakraborty R, Ghosh R. (2015) The in 15-22 vitro cytotoxic actvity of ethno- pharmacological important plants of Darjeelin,g district of West Bengal against different human cancer cell lines ' 12. Chattopadhyay, M. K., Chakraborty. R., BioMed Research International, 2015 Grossart, H.P., Reddy, G. S., & Artcle ID 501658 Jagannadham, M. V. (2015) Antibiotic Resistance of Bacteria (Editorial). 13. Mandal, A. K., Sen, I. K., Maity, P., International journal of biological 2015 Cbattopadhyay, S., Chakraborty, R., macromolecules. 79: 413-22 Roy, S., & Islam, S.S.( 2015) Structural elucidaton and biological studies of a novel exopolysaccaride from Klebsiel/a ,, pneumoniae PB 12 - 14. Bhowal S, Chakrabotl);'. R (2015) Biodiversity, Cons,ervation and 2015 MICROBIAL DIVER$ITY OF Sustainable Development Vol.I ACIDOPHILIC HETEROTROPHIC Issues and Approaches, Edition: BACTERIA: AN OVERVIEW Volume I, Chapter: 17, Publisher: New Academic Publishers, New Delhi 2015, Editors: Prithwiraj Jha, pp.157- Dr. Dipanwita Saha Chakraborty P., Das S., Saha A, Saha D. Plant Disease, 100: 1509 IF: 3.192 2016 and Saha A. (2016) First report of Soybean Mosaic Virus infecting bottle gourd plant in India. l. Saha Arnab, Das S., Chakraborty P., Journal of Agricultural Technology, 2016 Saha B., Saha D. and Saha A.(2016) 12 : 337-348. Two new bottle gourd fruit rot causing pathogens from Sub-Himalayan West Bengal. Ramashish Kumar, Aniruddha Saha and Biocatalysis and Biotransformation, 2016 Dipanwita Saha (2016): DOI: Biotransformation of 16-oxacleroda- 10.1080/10242422.2016.1247824 3,13(14)E-dien-15-oic acid isolated from IF: 1.17 Polyalthia longifolia by Rhizopus stolonifer increases its antifungal activity, Chakraborty P., Das S., Saha B., Sarkar Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 2015 P, Karmakar A, Saha Arnab, Saha D, 61(8): 555-564. IF: 1.354 and Saha Aniruddha. (2015) Phylogeny and synonymous codon usage pattern of Papaya ringspot virus coat protein gene in sub-Himalayan region of north-east India. Bera, P.K., Saha, D., Ghosh, S.K. and Indian J. Anim. Hlth., 55(2): 149- 2016 Das, S. Phenotypic characterization of 156 different colour variants of endangered siri cattle in West Bengal and Sikkim Dr. Anoop Kumar Suraj Koirala, Biplab Roy, Pritam Guha, RSC Advances, 6, 13786-13796 (IF 2016 Ravi Bhattarai, Manish Sapkota, -3.8) Prasant Nahak, Gourab Karmakar, Amit Kumar Manda!, Anoop Kumar and Amiya Kumar Panda (2016), Effect of double tailed cationic surfactants on the Physicochemical behavior of hybrid vesicles Research Projects {Major &Minor): Major Project Title of the scheme project Sanctioned authority Dr. Shilpi Ghosh Bioprospecting thermophilic lignocellulose DST, Govt. of India (PI) deconstruct-ting microbial consortium: Mining of cellulolytic glycoside hydrolases for biotechnology Physicochemical studies on bacterial and other DBT, Govt. of India (Co-PI) membrane: An attempt to develop nanoparticle antimicrobial drug carrier system Prof. Ranadhir Chakraborty Isolation of Car~ohydrate polymer-producing bacteria UGC, New Delhi (P.I) from waters of city-waste polluted Mahananda River at Siliguri and Characterization of suitable biopolymers exhibiting high flocculating activities Bioprospecting thermophilic lignocellulose DST, Govt. of India (Co-PI) deconstruct-ting microbial consortium: Mining of cellulolytic glycoside hydrolases for biotechnology Search for novel quorum sensing modulators of DBT, Bio-Care Programme (Mentor & Co- biofilm-forming microbes from plant sources PI) Formulation of Probiotics for Major DBT, GoWB (Co-PI) and Minor Carps Development of high-resolution optical detector for UGC Innovative Project (Co-PI) growth monitoring of bacteria in liquid culture Dr. Dipanwita Saha Studies on occurrence and distribution of antibiotic UGC, New Delhi (P.I) resistance and virulence genes among Aeromonas species in sub-Himalayan West Bengal and their conjugational spread in other bacteria. Diversity analysis of Exobasidium spp. causing UGC blister blight disease in tea grown in the Darjeeling hills using PCR assays. Minor Project Title of the scheme project Sanctioned authority Prof. Ranadhir Chakraborty Dr. Dipanwita Saha 13. v·1s1tmg . . F eII ow I Name of Visiting Fellow Duration I .Dr. USHA TI DAS 14-15th July, 2015 Cornell University, USA 2. PROF. ADHAR MANNA 29-30 May, 2015 Division of Biological Sciences Presidency University Kolkata 3. Dr. A.S. Ghosh 15th-16th January, 2016 Dept. of Biotechnology IIT, Kharagpur 14 Any other information: 20 Department of Botany 1. Name of the Department: Department of Botany 2. Date of establishment: 1984 3. Introduction of the Department: The Department of Botany of North Bengal University was initiated in the summer of 1984. Since then the Department flourished tremendously with tireless efforts of faculties, staff and students. The Department has marked its golden presence by its remarkable achievements in shaping the scientific and academic pursuit of Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim and neighbouring countries like Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh. Though, being a small University situated in a remote location with limited resources and infrastructure, our University as well as the Department is second to none when it comes to producing quality students, researchers and scientists. 4. Name of the Facultv: I Professor Associate professor Assistant Professor 1. Prof. Abhaya Prasad Das I. Dr. Subhas Chandra Roy 1. Dr. Palash Manda! 2. Prof. Bishwanath Chakraborty 2. Dr. Manoranjan 3. Prof. Prabir Kumar Sarkar Chowdhury 4. Prof. Usha Chakraborty 5. Prof. Aniruddha Saha 6. Prof. Arnab Sen 5. Name of the research scholars: Sweata Khati, Puspanjali Ray, Pratik Majumdar, Tarun Mishra, Hrisikesh Manda!, Shibu Das, Arnab Saha, Piyali Sarkar, Bilok Sharma, Tanushree Sarkar, Arup Karmakar, Preeti Monger, Biman Krishna Saha, Indrajit Singha, Sujit Monda!, Paye! Paul, Suchishrec Jha, Saran Kumar Gupta, Arunika Subba, Sumira Mukhia, Priyankar Roy, Swarnendu Roy, Sandip Dev Chaudhuri, Jayanta Chowdhury, Sukanta Majumdar, Dibakar Chowdhury, Rajib Biswas, Anurag Chowdhury, Baisakhi Das 6. Name of the project scholars: Arka Pratim Chakraborty, Amrita Acarya, Somnath Roy, Shibu Barman, Tulsi Thapa, Priyanka Bhattacharya, Ashit Ray, Prosenjit Chakraborty, Anand Sharma, Nishika Jaishee, Jayanwita Sarkar 7. Name of Non-teaching staff: Suman Chatterjee, Sukanta Roy, Nayan Ghosh, Shi pen Barman, Dhlraj Chakraborty, Vivekananda Chowdhury, Atul Singha 8. stu d ents strenl!th : . Students Male Female Total Part-I 151 Sem - - 2"d Sem 15 17 32 / Part-II 3rd Sem - - 4th Sem 5 24 29 ~ 9. Seminar/ Conferences attended (Outside the country & within the country): Name of Title of Conference I Venue & date Title of the Paper presented teacher Seminar Prof. B.N. National Symposium on Department of Signal conflicts and potentia! Chakraborty 'Emerging Trends in Plant Botany, Jaipur trade-offs in plant defense to 1 Sciences' and 3 8 h All University, October multiple attackers 21 India Conference oflndian 26-28, 2015 Botanical Society Prof. B.N. National Symposium on Indian Mycological Harnessing beneficial Chakraborty "Microbial Diversity and Society, Dept. of microbial resources, analysis its impacf' Botany, Calcutta of their diversity and University, February development of ... lS.19-, 2016 bioformulations for crop improvement Prof. B.N. 6th International NASC Complex, Scoping the potential uses of Chakraborty Conference on "Plant, ICAR, New Delhi beneficial microorganisms for Pathogens and People: February 23-27, 2016 biopesticide industry and Challenges in Plant entrepreneurship development Pathology to benefit in crop protection I humankind' ' Prof. B.N. National Symposium on Rajendra Agricultural Biochemical responses of Chakraborty 'Food Security through University, Sorghum bicolor and Triticum Plant Health Protection' Samastipur, Bihar aestivum to spot blotch and 37th Annual April 4-6, 2016 disease and induction of Conference of ISMPP resistance by plant growth promoting rhizobacteria Prof. Usha National Symposium on Department of Alleviation of abiotic stresses Chakraborty 'Emerging Trends in Plant Botany, Jaipur in crops by beneficial Sciences' and XXXVIIIth University October microorganisms with All India Condia 26-28, 2015 multi-functional traits Conference of Indian I Botanical Society I Prof. Usha National Symposium on Indian Mycological Resistance in tea plants Chakraborty 'Microbial Diversity and Society, Dept. of against root rot pathogens its impact' Botany, Calcutta induced by arbuscular University, February mycorrhizal fungi and plant 18-19, 2016 growth promoters - Prof. Usha National Symposium on Rajendra Agricultural Unraveling cross talk in Chakraborty 'Food Security through University, biotic and abiotic stress Plant Health Protection' Samastipur, Bihar signaling for development of and 3 7th Annual April 4-6, 2016 strategies to enhance crop Conference of ISMPP tolerance to combined stresses Prof. 6th International NASC Complex, Study of PAL gene expression Aniruddha Conference on "Plant, ICAR, New Delhi in BTH induced resistance I Saha Pathogens and People: February 23-27, 2016 developed in tea plant against Challenges in Plant Colletotrichum camelliae Pathology to benefit humankind' Prof. Arnab international Frankia Montpellier, France ------Sen Conference Prof. Arnab international Microbial Setif, Algeria ------Sen Conference Prof. Arnab Annual general meeting, Liverpool England ------Sen organized by SGM Dr. Advances in Biology: Kalingpong College, ------Monoranjan Eastern Himalayan Darjeeling, West Chowdhury Perspective Bengal; October, 3-4, 2015. Dr. Science in Bengal. Satellite University of North ------Monoranjan conference Bengal, Darjeeling, Chowdhury West Bengal. June, 3-4, 2015. Dr. Palash Defining Modern Biology: University of Gour Variation of antioxidant and j Manda! Plant & Microbes Banga. 1Ot" March, antidiabetic activities of three 2016. unexplored fruits of Solanaceae during different stages of maturation and thermal processing Dr. Palash Plant and Microbe: Visva-Bharati, Evaluation of antioxidant and Manda! Diversity and Utilization Santiniketan. March antidiabetic activity of 19-20, 2016 underexplored wild fruit of Calamus erectus Roxb. Dr. Palash Current Trends in Plant & Raiganj University. Influence of cultivars & Manda! Microbial Research March 16-17, 2016. antioxidants rich mulberry peptides on silkworm rearing Dr. Palash Science in Bengal University of North Manda! Bengal, June 3-4, ------2015. Dr. Subhas Science in Bengal. Satellite University of North Role of Rice Grain for world Chandra conference Bengal, Darjeeling, food security. Roy West Bengal. June, 3-4, 2015. Dr. Subhas National Seminar on March 16-17, 2016. Invited Speaker: Rice Chandra Current Trends in Plant & Raiganj University, Molecular Breeding for crop Roy Microbial Research PO-Raiganj, UD, improvement. (CTIPMR-2016). WB. 10. Or anized Seminar/ Conferences 01-04-2015 to 31-03-2016 Name of the seminar/ conferences Date of the seminar/ conferences NIL 11 . Publications: Name of the Year of Name of the author(s) Book/JournalNolume Publication 1. Mur L.A. J., Hauck B, Winters A., Heald Plant Pathology 64: 1471-1483. 2015 J., Lloyd AJ, Chakraborty U. and Chakrabortv B. N. 2. Chakraborty A.P., Chakraborty B.N. and Indian Phytopathology 68 (3): 2015 Chakrabo1ty U. 237-247. 3 Roy S, Barman S, Chakrabo1iy U and Journal ofMycology and Plant 2015 Chakrabortv B.N. Pathology, 45 (3) 267-272. '----'"--' 4 Acharya, A., Ghosh, S. and Chakrr.borty, International Journal of 2015 B.N. Advanced Biological Research 5 ! (4):327-333 j 23 5 Khati, S. and Chakraborty, B.N. NEU Journal ofPlant Sciences 2015 9(1 ): 78-86. 6 Roy, S., Barman, S., Chakraborty, U. and Journal of Mycopathological 2015 Chakraborty, B.N. Research 53(1 ):59-63 7 Roy, S., Barman, S., Chakraborty, U. and Journal ofApplied Biology and 2015 Chakraborty, B.N. Biotechnoloev 3 (3):22-27. 8 Acharya A, Chakraborty U, Ghosh S and NEU Journal ofPlant Sciences 2015 Chakraborty B.N. 9: 46-53. 9 Sarkar J, Ray A, Chakraborty B.N. and European Journal ofBiological 2016 Chakraborty U. Research 6 (1): 1-13. 10 Chakraborty B.N., Chakraborty U, De UK Archives ofPhytopathology and 2016 and Chakraborty AP Plant Protection 11 Chakraborty U, Chakraborty B.N., Journal of Mycopathological 2016 Chakraborty A.P. and De U.K. Research 54(2) : 211-224. 12 Sarkar J, Chakraborty B.N. and Journal of Plant Stress 2016 Chakraborty U. Physiology 2: 22-30. 13 Chakraborty, B.N., Acharya, A. and Journal ofMycopathological 2016 Chakraborty, U. Research 54(1): 127-133 r4 Chakraborty, B.N., Chakraborty, U., .Journal of Mycopathological 2016 Chakraborty, A.P. and Sashankar, P. Research 54(1): 117-125. 15 Chakraborty, B.N., Acharya, A., Indian Phytopathology 69 (2): 2016 Chakraborty, U., Jha, D.K. and Rabha,J. 181-189 16 Majumdar Sand Chakraborty U. NEU J Plant Sciences 9: 54-61. 2015 17 Majumdar S and Chakraborty U. World J Agricultural Sciences 11 2015 (6): 401-410. 18 Lama R., Jaishee N. and Chakraborty U. World Applied Sciences Journal 2016 34 (2): 174-181. 19 Kumari, S. and Sarkar, P.K. Food Control 69, 20-29 2016 - 20 Sharma, A. and Sarkar, P.K. ENVIS Bulletin ofHimalayan 2015 Ecoloev 23, 85-91 21 Rakshit, M., Nout, M.J.R. and Sarkar, P.K. Journal of Food Processing and 2015 39 (6), 1555-1565 Preservation - 22 Saha, J. and Sarkar, P.K. NEU J Plant Sciences 9 ( 1), 40- 2015 45 23 Sharma, A., Kumari, S., Wongputtisin, P., Journal ofApplied Microbiology 2015 Nout, M.J.R. and Sarkar, P.K. 119 ( 1), 162-176 - 24 Rakshit, M., Sharma, A., Saha, J. and LWT - Food Science and 2015 Sarkar, P.K. Technoloev 63 (2), 814-820 25 Rakshit, M., Saha, J. and Sarkar P.K. Journal ofFood Processing and 2015 Preservation 3 9 ( 1), 1-9 26 Ghodhbane-Gtari F, N Beauchemin, M Genome Announcements 4.4 2016 Louati, I Nouioui, A Ktari, K Hezbri, A (2016): e00799-16 Gueddou, A Chen, M Huntemann, N Ivan ova, N Kyrpides, v Markowitz, K I Mavrommatis, I Pagani, A Sen, L Wall, T Woyke, M Gtari, and L Tisa. 27 Ghodhbane-Gtari F, N Beauchemin, A GenomeA 4.4 (2016): e00770- l 6 2016 Geddou, K Hezbri, A Ktari, M Louati, I Nouioui, A Chen, M Huntemann, N Ivan ova, N Kyrpides, v Markowitz, K Mavrommatis, I Pagani, A Sen, L Wall, T Woyke, M Gtari, and L Tisa 28 Goyal AK and A Sen. Ind. J Biotechnol. 15:9-16. 2016 29 Thakur S and Sen A DOI: 10.1007Is13199-016-0410- 2016 2. 70(1) 59-68 IF: 1.438 30 Kar P, Dey P, Misra AK, Tapas Kumar Symbiosis. (Accepted). 2016 Chaudhuri TK and Sen A. 70(1)159-168 IF: 1.438 31 Sarkar I, Normand P, Tisa S. L, Gtari M, Symbiosis 70(1) 69-78. IF: 2016 Bothra A and Sen A. 1.438 32 Bose D, Sarkar I, Labar R, Oshone R, Symbiosis. 70(1) 49-58. IF: 2016 Ghazal R, Morris K, Abebe-Akele F, 1.438 Thomas KW, Tisa S. L, Sen A. 33 Tisa S. L., Oshone R, Sarkar I, Ktari A, Sen Symbiosis. 70(1) 5-16. IF: 1.438 2016 A, Gtari M. 34 Saha MR, Dey P, Begum S, De B, PLoS One. 2016 Mar 7; 2016 Chaudhuri TK, Sarker DD, Das AP, Sen A l 1(3):e0150574. IF: 3.234 35 Rai, R., & Sen, A. Journal of Academia and 2015 Industrial Research (JAIR), 4(1), 10-18 36 Tisa, L. S., Beauchemin, N., Cantor, M. N., Genome announcements, 3(4), 2015 Furnholm, T., Ghodhbane-Gtari, F., e00889-15. Goodwin, L., ... & Kyrpides, N. 37 Labar R, Sen A. NBU J Plant Science.9:18-32 2015 38 Sghaier H, Hezbri K, Ghodhbane-Gtari F, JSME J. 10, 21-29 IF: 9.302 2016 Pujic P, Sen A, Daffonchio D, Boudabous A, Tisa LS, Klenk HP, Armengaud J, Normand P, Gtari M. 39 Banerjee A, DK Sahoo, H Thatoi, BR Pati, J Bioinform 1:67-82 2015 KC Mondal, A Sen, PK Das Mohapatra. 40 Roy A, Mukhopadhyay S, Sarkar I, Sen A. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2015 31(6) 959-981 IF:l.779 - 41 Mishra T, AK Goyal and A Sen Int. J. Fund. Appl. Sc. (in press) 2015 42 Mishra T, AK Goyal, A Sen. Horticulturae 1( 1), 3. 2015 43 Mishra T, AK Goyal, M Bhattacharya, P Research in Plant Biology. 5(1): 2015 Kar and A Sen. 20-24 44 Misra T. K., Nanda A. K., Manda) P. and International Journal of Applied 2016 Saha A. Research 2(5): 77-85 45 Chakraborty P., Das S., Saha A, Saha D. Plant Disease 100(7): 1509 2016 and Saha A. 46 Misra T. K., Nanda A. K., Manda) P. and International Journal of Applied 2016 Saha A. Research 2(1 ): 601-605 47 Saha Arnab, Das S., Chakraborty P., Saha Journal of Agricultural 2016 B., Saha D. and Saha A. technolof!V 12(2): 337-348 48 Chakraborty P., Das S., Saha B., Sarkar P., Canadian Journal of 2015 Karmakar A., S.iha A., Saha D. and Saha A. Microbiolof!V 61(8): 555-564 49 A. Chowdhury, M. Chowdhury and A. P. Pleione 9(1): 160 - 166. 2016 Das 50 A. Chowdhury, Sarkar S and M. Int. Res. J Biolozical Sci. 5( 1), 2016 Chowdhury 47-53. 51 A. Chowdhury, M. Chowdhury and A. P. Pleione 9(1 ): 160 - 166. 2016 Das 52 A. Chowdhury, M. Chowdhury and A. P. Asian J Biol. Life Sci. Jan-Apr 2015 Das 4:1. 38-40. 53 A. Chowdhury, S. Sarkar, P. Roy, S. The International Journal of 2015 Manda! and M. Chowdhury Science & Technoledge. 3: 12.164-168. 54 S Jha, P Manda!, P Bhattacharyya and A International Journal of Pure & 2015 Ghosh Applied Bioscience, 3(2): 63-71. 55 S Jha, P Bhattacharyya, A Ghosh and P NBU Journal of Plant Sciences, 2015 Manda! 9(1): 98-106. 56 SK Gupta and P Manda! Free Radicals and Antioxidants, 2015 5(2):74-82. 57 S Mukhia, P Manda!, DK Singh and D Journal of Chemical and 2015 Singh Pharmaceutical Research, 7( 10): 890-900. 58 A Subba and P Manda! Free Radicats and Antioxidants, 2015 5(1):1-7. 59 A Subba and P Manda! Pharmacognosy Journal, 2015 7(6):348-55. 60 S Jha, P Bhattacharyya, A Ghosh and P International Journal of 2016 Mand al Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 8(4): 307-314. 54 Roy Subhas Chandra Plant Gene & Trait, 6 (5): 1-6. 2015 55 Roy Subhas Chandra Int J of Agril Inno and Research, 2015 3(6): 1869-1875. 56 Roy Subhas Chandra Int J of Current Advanced 2015 Research, 4(6): 132-148. 57 Roy Subhas Chandra NBU J plant Science, 9( 1): 94- 2015 97 . . Research Projects (Major & Minor) SI. Ma.ior Research Proiect No. Sanctioned ·- Title of the Scheme Project PI & Co-PI Authority I Molecular detection, diversity analysis and UGC Prof. Aniruddha Saha phylogeny of RNA viruses causing diseases of horticultural crops in north-east India for the development of easy diagnostic device 2 Studies of the expression of haemoglobin genes UGC Prof. Arnab Sen and production Nitric Oxide in response symbiotic frankia in A/nus nepa/ensis 3 Screening of resistance in wheat germplasm CSIR Prof. B. N. Chakraborty against spot blotch disease and immunological (Pl) characterization of defense proteins triggered by Prof. U. Chakraborty (Co- Bipolaris sorokiniana PI) 4 Development of Biformulations with PGPR, ICAR Prof. B. N. ChakrabortyJ PGPF and AMF for induction of resistance in (PI) cereals and pulses against fungal pathogens and Prof. U. Chakraborty (Co- improvement of their health status [Networking PI) Project of AMAASl 5 A Bioinformatics perspective to impede the WB-DBT Prof. Amab Sen tubercle bacillus (TB) devastation in West Bengal 6 Establishment of Rural Bio resource Complex in DBT Prof. B. N. Chakraborty North Bengal [A Collaborative Project with (PI) UBKV] Prof. U. Chakraborty (Co- Pl) 7 Prevalence, Survival, Growth Characteristics, and UGC-SAP Prof. P. K. Sarkar Toxigenicity of F oodborne Bacterial Pathogens in Dr. P. Manda) Processed Foods, Marketed in the Town of Siliguri 8 Activation of defense Ill Mandarin UGC-SAP Prof. B. N. Chakraborty ( Citrusreticulata) plants against root rot Prof. U. Chakraborty, pathogens us mg AMF PGPF and PGPR for Prof. A. Saha improvement of their health status in Darjeeling Hill 9 Habitat analysis, conservation and genomic UGC-SAP Prof. A. P. Das, Prof. A. studies of some RET plants of Terai, Duars and Sen, Dr. S. C. Roy, Dr. M. hills of Darjiling Chowdhury SI. Minor Research Project No. Title of the Scheme Project Sanctioned PI& Co-Pl Authority 10 Study of Pollen ultra-morphology of some NBU Dr. M. Chowdhury aquatic and semi-aquatic herbs from the North Bengal plains 11 Pilot Project at TLDP Stage - IV for NHPCPvt. Dr. M. Chowdhury collection and conservation of Orchids and Ltd. other Epiphytes from submerged area 12 QTLs Mapping and Genotyping-by- University Dr. Subhas Chandra Roy Sequencing (GBS) of the RIL Lines for the Project (NBU) Improvement of Aromatic Tulaipanji Rice of West Bengal using Molecular Breeding. 13 Habitat analysis, conservation and genomic UGC-SAP Dr. Subhas Chandra Roy studies of some RET plants of Terai, Duars . and hills of Darjeeling. Subheading: Rice genetic diversity and conservation. 13 . Visiting Fellow: NIL 14. Any other information: Awards/ Honours received ~·~~~~.,.-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~- Prof. B. N. (a) Elected as Fellow of Mycological Society of India (FMIS)- 2015 Chakraborty (b) Elected as Fellow of National Academy of Agricultual Sciences (FNAAS)-2016 (c) Elected as Fellow oflndian Mycological Society (FIMS)- 2016 ( d) Elected as President of Indian Phytopathological Society (IPS)-2016 (e) Elected as Vice President of Indian Mycological Society (IMS) - 2016 27 Bio-Informatics Facilities Coordinator: Dr Arnab Sen Deputy Coordinator: Dr. AK Bothra The center has every modern facility of information and communication including necessary hardware and software. There were a number of publications in journals and posters presented in national and international conferences on the relevant areas. Major research activities in Biotechnology and its related fields: At NBU major research activities are clustered in the arenas of molecular genetics, microbi&I b!otechnology, plant tissue culture, immunology, .microbial genomics, transgenics, genomics and proteomics of nitrogen fixing bacteria and food pathogenic bacteria. Area of specialization of the centre: Microbial genomics, molecular modeling, molecular dynamics, structural bioinformatics and molecular phylogenetics. Major activities of the centre during the year 2015-16: A National Workshop was organized on February 25 111 -27t11 2016 at University of North Bengal. Infrastructure facilities in the Bioinformatics Centre: Computer and communication: One Dell™ Rack Mount Server, One Apple IMAC machine, One HP laserjet Colour Printer, One HP Scanjet Scanner, 0.22 PCs with OS, Two High end servers and a Medium end server, One Toshiba make laptop, 0:-ie Laser printer (network), one Desk-Jet printer, One Canon make Photocopier, one Sony make LCD Projector, CISCO 1700 Leased line Router. Scientific and Software packages: Two Windows 2003 Server with license, 10 Windows XP Professional with license, 8 Windows VISTA with License, Microsoft ISA Server 2005 for Proxy Server, one Microsoft Visual Studio, .NET, MS SQL Server (Std.), MS Office 2003, Fedora 7 Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Red-Hat Entreprise Linux, 14 Quick Heal AVG Antivirus Package. Acclerys Gene Package, MAUVE, GRIL, GENOME BROWSER, BIOEDIT, CODONS, CODON W, MATLAB 5.0, MODELLER 9v7, Autodock, CLUSTAL W, CLUSTAL X, DNAsp 4.0, MEGA 4.0, TREEVIEW, MR. BAYES, PHYLODRA W, CHIMERA, SPDBV, RASMOL, PHYLIP, PAUP, HYPHY, GLIMMER, HUMMER, AMORPHA, GENETRACE, GROMACS, CHEMDRA W, Cn3D, SPLITS TREE, DAMBE, VMD, Jcat, Argus Lab, c++ and PERL. Other resources: I 0 Mbps Line from Reliance and BSNL. :Deats t ·1 a b OU t Sa t rr mem b ersworki ne: ID th e cen t er: SI No. Name of the Staff Desie:nation Workine Since - _.:._ 1 Pallab Kar Research Associate May 2014- till date 2 Indrani Sarkar Studentship Holder May 20 I 4- till date 3 Krishanu Ghosh Data Entry Operator September 2009-till date 4 Arnab Kumar Chakraborty Traineeship Holder January 2013- till date Types of service provided: The center provides access to the faculty members, research scholars and students from nearby universities, colleges and research institutions interested in working in the field of bioinformatics. 28 Educational activities with details of placement: Five PhD students (Ayan Roy, Sanghati Bhattacharya, Pallab Kar, Indrani Sarkar and Amab Kumar Chakraborty) are currently engaged in their research work utilizing the facility. Mr. Saubashya Sur, Mr. Uttam Kumar Monda! and Miss Subarna Thakur have already been awarded their Ph.D. degree. Besides faculty members, students and research scholars from other departments, institutes and nearby areas utilize this facility. Databases and software developed: We have developed programs for codon usage analysis and another for phylogenetic analysis. A database named BAMBOOINFOLINE- a database for North Bengal bamboo's (http://www.bamboodb.ind.in/) has been developed. We have accomplished constructing a database on secretome analysis of Mycobacterium -MycoSec (http://www.bicnbu.in/mycosec/). Initiation ofR&D activities in Bioinformatics: The Coordinator's group is actively engaged in research in the field of genomics and proteomics of nitrogen fixing bacteria and food pathogenic bacteria. Protein structure prediction, biological sequence analysis, phylogenetic study, molecular modeling and molecular docking are the major thrust areas. Research publications from the Centre (2015-16): 1. Saha MR, Dey P, Begum S, De B, Chaudhuri TK, Sarker DD, Das AP, Sen A. (2016) Effect of Acacia catechu (L.f.) Willd. on Oxidative Stress with Possible Implications in Alleviating Selected Cognitive Disorders. PLoS One. 7; 11(3):e0150574. 2. Sghaier H, K Hezbri, F Ghodhbane-Gtari, P Pujic, A Sen, D Daffonchio, A Boudabous, L Tisa, H - Peter Klenk, J Armengaud, P Normand and M Gtari (2015). "Stone-dwelling actinobacteria Blastococcus saxobsidens, Modestobacter marinus & Geodermatophilus obscurus proteogenomes" by, [Paper #ISMEJ- 15-001570AR]. 3. Ray A, S Mukherjee, I Sarkar and A. Sen (2015). Comparative investigation of the various determinants that influence the codon and amino acid usage patterns in the genus Bifidobacterium. World J Microbial Biotechnol (accepted). 4. Kar P, Goyal AK and Sen A (2015). Maturase K gene in plant DNA barcoding and phylogenetics. In: Ali M. A., Gyulai G., Al-Hemaid F (Edn.), Plant DNA barcoding and phylogenetics, pp. 79-90. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Germany. 5. Mishra T, AK Goyal, M Bhattacharya, P Kar and A Sen. (2015). polyethylene glycol mediated protoplast fusion of medicinally important Canna. Research in Plant Biology. 5(1): 20-24. 6. Banerjee A, DK Sahoo, H Thatoi, BR Pati, KC Monda), A Sen, PK Das Mohapatra (2015). Structural Cha:-acterization and Active Site Prediction of Bacterial Keratinase through Molecular Docking. J Bioinform I :67-82. 7. Mishra T, AK Goyal and A Sen (2015) An overview on the in vitro regeneration of Canna. Int. J Fund. Appl. Sc. (in press) 8. Goyal AK and A Sen (2015). In vitro regeneration of bamboos, the Green gold: An overview. Ind. J Biotechnol. (in press) 9. Dey P, MR Saha, SR Chowdhuri, A Sen, MP Sarkar and TK Chaudhuri (2015). Assessment of anti diabetic activity of an ethnopharmacological plant Nerium indicum through alloxan induced diabetes in mice. J Ethnopharma (publish online). 29 10. Saha MR, R Rai, P Kar, A Sen and DD Sarker (2015) Ethnobotany, traditional knowledge and socioeconomic importance of native drink among the Oraon tribe of Maida district in India. J Intercult Ethnopharmacol. 4: 34-39. 11 . Saha MR, P Dey, TK Chaudhuri, DD Sarker, AK Goyal and A Sen (2015). Assesment of haemolytic cytotoxic and free radical scavevging activities of an underutilized fruit, Baecaurea sapida (Roxb.) Muell. Arg. Ind. J. Exp!. Biol. (accepted) Future activities: • Updation of database MycoSec. • Development of database on secretomes of pro biotic bacteria. • Annotation and analysis of five Frankia genomes whose sequencing has been undertaken. • Bioinformatics analysis of nitrogen fixing and food pathogenic bacteri~I genomes. • Comparative genomics of bacterial genomes that constitute the flora of normal human gut. • Molecular modeling of some nitrogen fixing proteins and bacterial toxin proteins. • Publication of Newsletter and conducting various training programs/workshops and seminar,' conference in bioinformatics in North Bengal nd adjoining areas. Additional Details: Coordinator: Dr. Arnab Sen NBU Bio informatics Facility, Department of Botany, University of North Bengal, Siliguri-734013 Phone:+91-353-2699118,Fax: 0353-2699106 E-mail: senarnab_ [email protected], nbengaluniv [email protected] Deputy Coordinator: Dr. Asim K Bothra Chemiinformatics Bioinformatics Laboratory Department of Chemistry Raiganj (University) College, Raiganj-733134 Phone: 94 74441570; E-mail: [email protected] 30 Department of Chemistry 1. Name of the Department : Chemistry 2. Date of Establishment : 1963 3. Introduction of the Department : 1963 4. Name of the Faculty Professor Assoc. Professor Asst. Professor P. S. Roy P. Bandyopadhyay B. Sinha S. K. Saha A. K. Nanda S. Das B. Basu A. Majumder M.N.Roy P. Ghosh A. K. Panda A. Misra 5. Name of the Research Scholars: SI. No. Name of the Scholar Designation Funding Agencies 01 Miss Koyeli Das JRF UGC-RGNF D 02 Mr. Milan Ch. Roy RA UGC-BSR 03 Mr. Bittu Saha JRF UGC-BSR 04 Miss Gulmi Chakrabarty JRF UGC-BSR 05 Mr. Rabindra Nath Singha JRF UGC 06 Mr. Prasun Chowdhury JRF CSIR 07 Mr. Dibakar Roy JRF UGC 08 Mr. Kanak Roy SRF UGC-RGNF 09 Mr. Pritam Guha SRF UGC-BSR 10 Mr. Biplab Roy SRF DST 11 Miss Manoswita Homray JRF UGC 12 Miss Tanushri Sutradhar JRF UGC-RGNF 13 Mr. Abhijit Sarkar JRF UGC 14 Mr. Raiendra Pradhan Teacher Fellow UGC 15 Mr. Dipu Misra JRF UGC-BSR 16 Mr. Koushik Achariee JRF UGC-BSR 17 Miss Puja Basak JRF CSIR 18 Miss Bijeta Mitra JRF CSIR 19 Mr. Biraj Kr. Barman JRF UGC-RGNF 20 Mr. Subhadeep Saha SRF UGC 21 Mr. Sujan Paul JRF UGC 22 Mr. Biswajit Datta SRF UGC 23 Miss S iti Barman SRF UGC 24 Miss Pradipta Sarbadhikary SRF UGC 25 Miss Babli Roy Teacher Fellow UGC 26 Mr. Kinkar Biswas Teacher Fellow UGC 27 Mr. Sujit Ghosh Teacher Fellow UGC 31 28 Mr. Manoi Mazumder Teacher Fellow UGC 29 Miss Sultana Yasmin JRF UGC 30 Smt. Amrita Mitra SRF UGC-BSR 31 Miss Ananya Das JRF UGC 32 Mr. Sankar Saha JRF UGC 33 Miss Aditi Roy JRF UGC 34 Mr. Gourav Karmakar SRF DST 35 Mr. Biplab Rajbanshi JRF UGC 36 Mr. Raja Ghosh JRF UGC 37 Miss Mitali Kundu JRF UGC-BSR 38 Md. MusharafHossain SRF UGC-BSR 39 Mr. Prasanjit Ghosh SRF UGC 40 Miss Ananya Yasmin JRF UGC 41 Mr. Bhaskar Ganguly SRF UGC 42 Mr. Siddhartha Baisya SRF UGC 43 Miss Suchandra Bhattacharya JRF CSIR 6. Name of the Project Scholars SL No. Name of the Project Scholar (s) - 1 D •. Tamai Goswami 2 Miss Madhurima Paulchowdhuri 7. Name of the Non-Teaching Staff Name Designation S. K. Ghosh Record supplier N. C. Barman Lab Attndt., Grade II G. C. Roy Lab Attndt., Grade II H. L. Tigga Sr. Peon A. Sharma Lab Attndt., Grade III Y.Mandal Lab Attndt., Grade ill S. Roy Tech. Asstt., Grade I D. J. Roy Tech. Asstt., Grade II S. Mozumder Tech. Asstt., Grade II A. Sarkar Tech. Asstt., Grade II N. Paul Office Assistant (Contractual) 8. Students Strength Students Male Female Total Part - I 151 Sem. 30 19 49 2nd Sem. 30 19 49 Part-II 3rd Sem. 29 19 48 4tli Sem. 29 19 48 32 Seminar/Conference attended (Outside the Country & Within the Country) : Name of Name of the Seminars/ Title of the paper the Venue & Date Conference Presented teacher International Conference Athens, Grease Inclusion complexsation July, 2015 between bioactive molecules and cyclodextrins International Conference Rajshahi University, Host Guest · Complex Bangladesh Molecules February, 2016 National Seminar under Gauhati University, Study to Explore Host Prof. M. UGC-SAP, DRS-III, At Dept. ASSAM Guest Inclusion N.Roy of Chemistry, Gauhati November, 2015 Complexes University, ASSAM CHEMIST CONVENTION JAIPUR, Hollow Cylinder Based on CONDUCTED BY INDIAN RAJASTHAN Self Assembly Inclusion of CHEMICAL SOCIETY, At December 2015 Neurotransmitters JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN Asian Conference on Colloid Nagasaki Internatio- In Quest of the Role of and Interface Science nal Univ., Japan. Aromatic Aminoacids LO (ACCIS 2015) November 24 - 27, Tuning Local Curvature of 2015 Biological Membranes National Conference on · Pt. Ravishankar Tuning of Spontaneous Prof. S. K. Surfactants, Emu I- SIOnS & Shukla Univ., Raipur Curvature of Cationic Saha Bocolloids India. Micelles by Aromatic (NATCOSEB XVII) Aminoacids. Umea University, Graphene-Based Prof. B. Visiting Professor Umea, Sweden Functionalized Carbon Basu January, 2016 Materials as Catalyst and Catalytic Support Prof. A. ACCIS 2015 Sasebo, Japan Purpose oriented Misra November 24-27, customization of the shape 2015 and size of NPs: A theoretical venture Recent Trends on Chemistry CRSI NBU Chapter, Attended and Biology Interface Dept. of Chemistry, Dr. B. N. B. U, 28/08/2015 Sinha Frontiers in Chemistry-2016 Dept. of Chemistry, N. Attended B. U, 07/03/16- 08/03/16 10. 0 rj!amze. d s em marIC on tierences: Name of the Seminar/Conference Date of the Seminar/Conference Seminar lecture by Dr. Bipul B. Saha, Senior April 09, 2015 Scientist, Nagarjuna Agrochem, Hyderabad, on Department of Chemistry, NBU "R&D Activities at Nagarjuna Group: Crop Protection Chemicals and Plant Nutrients" An invited talk presented by Prof. - Subr.ata May 27, 2015 Ghosh, FNA, F ASc, Department of Organic Department of Chemistry, NBU Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Jadavpur, Kolkata-700032 on "Creating Molecular Complexity though Olefin Metathesis towards Natural Products Synthesis" An invited talk presented by Dr. Amlanjyoti February 15, 2016 Dhar, USA on "Peptide Becan New Optical Department of Chemistry, NBU Biosensor" J An interactive session with the faculty members, February 17, 2016 research scholars and students presented by Prof. Department of Chemistry, NBU G. Mehta, FNA, FRS, Lilly-Jubilant Chir, School of Chemistry, University of HyuL rabad "Frontiers in Chemistry - 2016" March 7 & 8, 2016 jointly funded by UGC and UGC-SAP(DRS-III) Department of Chemistry, NBU ·An invited presented by Prof. Nilashis Nandi, 18.03.2016 DeJi)artment of Chemistry, University of Kalyani. Department of Chemistry, NBU 11. Publication: SI. Name of the Name of the Author Year of I No. Book/JoumalN olume Publication 1. M. N. Roy*, S. Saha, Study to explore the mechanism to form inclusion 2016 A Roy, K. Roy complexes of P-cyclodextrin with vitamin molecules, I Scientific Reports, 2016, 6, doi: 10.1038/srep35764. 2. M.N.Roy*, NMR, surface tension and conductance study to 2016 S. Barman, D. Ekka, investigate host-guest inclusion complexes of three S. Saha sequential ionic liquids with P-cyclodextrin m aqueous media. Chemical Physics Letters, 2016, 658, 43-50. 3. M. N. Roy*, A. Roy, Study to explore host-guest inclusion complexes of 2016 S. Saha cyclodextrins with biologically active molecules in aqueous environment. Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2016, 425, 252-258. -- 4. M.N.Roy*, Hollow Circular Based on Inclusion Complexes of 2016 S. Barman Ionic Liquid. RSC Adv., 2016. 5. M. N. Roy*, S. Saha, NMR, surface tension and conductivity studies to 2016 T. Ray, S. Basak determine the inclusion mechanism: thermodynamics of host-guest inclusion complexes of natural amino acids in aqueous cyclodextrins. New. J Chem., 2016, 40, 651-661. 6. M. N. Roy*, A Roy, Probing inclusion complexes of cyclodextrin by 2016 S. Saha physicochemical approach. Carbohydrate Polymers, 34 2016, 151, 458-466. 7. M. N. Roy*, A. Roy, Insertion behavior of imidazolium and pyrrolidinium 2016 S. Saha, B. Datta based ionic liquids into a and ~-cyclodextrins: Mechanism and factors leading to host-guest inclusion complexes, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 100016- 100027. 8. M. N. Roy*, M. C. Supramolecular Assembly of Ionic Liquid with 2016 Roy · S. Choudhury Cyclic Oligosaccharide in Aqueous Environments, International Journal of Development Research, 2016, 06, 9249-9255. 9. M. N. Roy*, M. C. Study to explore diverse interactions of amino acids 20I6 Roy and vitamin molecule in aqueous environment, I Physics and Chemistry of Liquids, doi.org/10.1080/00319104.20I6.1218007. 10. M. N. Roy*, B. Datta Physicochemical Study of Solution Behavior of Ionic 2016 Liquid Prevalent m Diverse Solvent Systems at Different Temperatures, Chemical Physics Letters, 2016, 665, 85-94. I I. M. N. Roy*, S. Probing Inclusion Complex Formation of 20I6 Barman and S. Saha Amantadine Hydrochloride with I8-Crown-6 in Methanol by Physicochemical Approach, DOI 10. I 515/zpch-2016-0804. I2. M. N. Roy*, Milan Study on Diverse Interactions of Vitamin Molecules 2015 Chandra Roy, Siti Insight into H20+ [Epy]Bf4 Systems by Barman, Pran Kumar Physicochemical Contrivance. Ind. J. Adv. Chem. Roy, Kamalesh Roy Sci. (20 I 5) 3(3), 204-218. - 13. M. N. Roy*, B. Datta M. N. Roy*, B. Datta, Essential foundation of triple- 2015 ion and ion-pair formation of tetraheptylammonium iodide (Hept4NI) salt in organic solvents investigated by physicochemical approach, Phys. Chem. Liq. (2015), 53(5),574-586. 14. M. N. Roy*, S. Extensive Study on Molecular Interactions of Three 2015 Choudhury, D. Ekka Essential Amino Acids Insight into H20+ [bmpyrr] PF6 Media. Chem. Sc. Rev. Lett., 2015, 4(16), 1034- 1041. I5. M. N. Roy*, Pritam Physicochemical study of solution behaviour of alkali 20I5 De and Partha Sarathi metal perchlorates prevailing in N,N-Dimethyl Sikdar Formamide with the manifestation of ion solvation consequences. J Mol. Liq., 2015, 204, 243-247. I6. M. N. Roy*, Ishani Structural effects of three carbohydrates in nicotinic 2015 Banik acid/water mixed solventsOriginal. J Mol. Liq., 2015, 203, 66-79. 17. M. N. Roy*, Kanak Study of Solvation Consequences of I-Butyl-I- 20I5 Roy, Mitali Kundu, Methylpyrrolidinium Bromide and Chloride Biraj Kumar Barman Prevailing in Protic Solvent System. Ind. J. Adv. Chem. Sci. 3(4)(2015) 304-3I4. 18. M. N. Roy*, Milan Investigation of an inclusion complex formed by 2015 Chandra Roy and ionic liquid and ~-cyclodextrin through hydrophilic Kanak Rov. and hydrophobic interactions. RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 56717-56723. 19. M. N. Roy*, T. Ray Study to explore assorted interfaces of an ionic liquid 2015 prevailing in solvent systems by physicochemical approach. RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 89431-89440. 20. M. N. Roy*, Biswajit Self assembly inclusion of ionic liquid into hollow 2016 Datta, Siti Barman cylinder oligosaccharides. J Mol. Liq., 2016, 214, 264-269. . . .,. '-:"" 21. M. N. Roy*, Kanak Self-assembly inclusion of green solvent with 2016 Roy, Koyeli Das and oligosaccharides. J Mol. Liq., 2016, 216, 132-136. Biraj Kumar Barman 22. M.N.Roy*, Physicochemical Study on Salvation Behavior of 2016 S.Choudhury, K. Roy Biologically Active Molecules in Aqueous 18C6 Systems, Journal of Advanced Chemical Sciences, 2016,2,279-283. 23. M. N. Roy*, S. Saha, Host-guest inclusion complexes of RNA nucleosides 2016 S.Barman and D. inside aqueous cyclodextrins explored by Ekka physicochemical and spectroscopic methods. RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 8881-8891. 24. M. N. Roy*, K.Das Study 0 ' Solution Behavior of Some Oxalate Salts in 2016 Aquemh Vitamin Solutions. IJACS, 2016. 125. M. N. Roy*, S. Saha, Exploration of inclusion complexes of 2016 M. Kundu, B. C. neurotransmitters with P-cyclodextrin by Saha, S. Barman physicochemical techniques Chemical Physics Letters. 2016, 655-656, 43-50. 26. M. N. Roy*, B. K. Physicochemical Study of Diverse Interactions 2016 Barman Prevalent m Metal Oxalates and Uric Acid m Aqueous Environments, JACS, 2016. 27. M. N. Roy*, D. Ekka, Exploration of Salvation Consequence of ' Ionic 2016 T. Ray, K. Roy Liquid [Bu4PCH3S03] in Various Solvent Systems by Conductance and FTIR Study. Journal of cheniical and engineering data, 2016,61(7), 2187-2196. 28. Siddhartha S. Baisya, Acta Cryst E 71, m 162 - m 163 2015 B. Ghosh and Parag S.Roy ' 29. M. Jha, S. Bardhan, Journal Polymer Research, 22, 164 ( 1-9) 2015 G. Chakraborty, S. K. Saha - 30. S. Bardhan, K. Journal ofSurfactants and Detergents 18, 54 7-5 67. 2015 Kundu, G. Chakraborty, B. K. Paul S. K. Saha, - 31. K. Kundu, S. Colloids and Surfaces A 469, 117-13 I. 2015 Bardhan, S. Banerjee, G. Chakraborty, B. K. Paul, S. K. Saha, 132. K. Kundu, S. Chapter 20, m Ionic Liquid-Based Surfactant 2015 Bardhan, B. K. Paul, Science: Formulation, Characterization, and S .K. Saha, Applications edited by Bidyut K. Paul and Satya P. I Moulik; John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Hoboken, NJ 07030, (2015) Book ISBN: 9781118834190. 33. M. Jha, S. Bardhan, Journal Polymer Research 23, 162 (1-11) 2015 G. Chakraborty, B. Debnath, S. K. Saha 34. S. Bardhan, K. RSC Advances, 6, 55104-55116. 2016 Kundu, B. Kar, G. Chakraborty, D. Ghosh, D. Sarkar, S. Das, S. Senapati, B. K. Paul, S. K. Saha 35. K. Kundu, A. Das, S. Colloids and Surfaces A 504, 331-342. 2016 Bardhan, G. Chakraborty, D. Ghosh, B. Kar, S. K. Saha, S. Senapati, R. K. Mitra, B. K. Paul 36. 8. P. Ghosh, B. Kar, Journal of Surface Science and Technology 32, 8-16. 2016 S. Bardhan, K. Kundu, Saha, S. K. Saha, B. K. Paul, S. Das 37. S. Bardhan, K. Chapter 10, in Encyclopae dia of Biocolloid and 2016 Kundu, G. Biointerface Science, Ed., H. Ohshima, John Wiley Chakraborty, B. K. & Sons., NJ, USA, ((In Press). ISBN 13: Paul, S. P. Moulik, S. 9781118542767. K. Saha 38. B. Basu*, S. Paul, S. Organic polymeric resins embedded with Pd NPs: 2016 Kundu, E. Bystrom, Newly designed, efficient and chemoselctive catalyst K. Irgum, F. for reduction of nitroarenes, Curr. Organocatalysis, I Almqvist* In press 2016. 39. D. Sengupta, B. Roy, Microwave-assisted Formation of Organic Disulfides 2016 B. Basu,* of Biochemical Significance, Curr. Med. Chem. 2016, DOI: 10.2174/0929867323666160418115719. 40. K. Biswas, S. Ghosh, Cyclic ammonium salts of dithiocarbamic acid: 2016 P. Ghosh, B. Basu,* Stable alternative reagents for synthesis of S-alkyl carbodithioates from organyl thiocyanates in water, J. Sulf. Chem. 2016, Doi: 10.1080/17415993.2016.1166225. 41. B. Roy, S. Ghosh, P. Graphene oxide (GO)--catalyzed one-pot metal-free 2016 Ghosh and B. Basu* synthesis of quinoxalines from 2-nitroaniline: An efficient and greener process, Chemlnform, 47, 2016, Doi: 10.1002/chin.201612191. 42. A. Chakravarty, D. Mn02 Nanowires Anchored on Amine Functionalized 2016 Sengupta, B. Basu,* Graphite Nanosheets: Highly Active and Reusable A. Mukherjee, and G. Catalyst for Organic Oxidation Reactions, , RSC De* Adv.2015, 5, 92585 43. B. Roy, S. Ghosh, P. Graphene oxide (GO)--catalyzed one-pot metal-free 2015 Ghosh and B. Basu* synthesis of quinoxalines from 2-nitroaniline: An efficient and greener process, Tetrahedron Lett. 2015, 56, 6762. 44. S. Kundu and B. Graphene Oxide (GO)--<;atalyzed Multi~omponent 2015 Basu,* Reactions: Green Synthesis of Library of Pharmacophore 3-Sulfenylimidazo[ 1,2-a]pyridines, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 50178. 45. P. Ghosh, G. C. FeCb-silica: A Green Approach for the Synthesis of 2015 Pariyar, B. Saha, and Nitriles From Oximes, Synthetic Communication, R. Subba 2016, 46(8), 685. 46. Kinkar Biswas; Sujit Cyclic ammonium salts of dithiocarbainic acid: stable 2016 Ghosh, Pranab alternative reagents for the synthesis of S -alkyl Ghosh and Basudeb · carbodithioates from organyl thiocyanates in water, J. Basu, Sulfur Chemistrv, 2016, 37(4), 361. 47. Pranab Ghosh, B~ttu Fe304-nanoparticles catalyzed an efficient synthesis 2016 Saha, Gyan Chandra o(nitriles from aldehydes, Tett. Lett., 2016, 57, 3618. Pariyar, Abiral Tamang, Raju Subba, 48. P. Ghosh, A. Ghosh, Oxysterols: Synthesis and anti-leishmanial activities, 2016 A. Manda!, S. S. " Steroids, 2016, 107, 65. Sultana, S. Dey and . C.Pal 49. G. Karmakar and Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of Soybean 2016 P.Ghosh Oil and Its Evaluation as a Biodegradable Multifunctional Additive in the Formulation of Eco- Friendly Lubricant, ACS Sus. Chem. Eng, 2016, I 4(3), 775:' I 50. M. Upadhyay and P. Isodecyl acrylate - olive oil copolymers as potential 2016 Ghosh biodegradable additive for lubricating oil, J Poly Res., 2016, 23, 100. - 51. A. Manda!, A. Ghosh, 3-epihydroxy lup-20(29)-en-19(28)-olide: Partial 2016 S.Ghosh, A. K. synthesis, antitopoisomerase activity and 3D Bothra and P. Ghosh, molecular docking, Med. Chem. Res., 2016, 25, 1087. 52. Mahua Upadhyay, Biodegradable multifunctional additives for lube oil - 2016 Kaushik Dey and Synthesis and characterization, Pet. Sci. Tech., 2016, Pranab Ghosh, 34(14), 1255. 53. P.Ghosh, M Das Biocompatible multifunctional lubricating oil 2016 additives, Pet. Sci. Tech., 2016, 34(15), 1367. 54. P. Ghosh, S. Multifunctional additive performance of acrylate- 2016 Talukder, M. styrene copolymers, J. Sci. Ind. Res., 2016, 75, 420. Upadhyay and T. Das, 55. Mahua Upadhyay and Multifunctional Lube Oil Additive, Chem. Sci. Rev. 2016 Pranab Ghosh, Lett., Article In press (2016) 56. Babli Roy, Sujit Graphene oxide (GO) or reduced graphene oxide 2016 Ghosh, Pranab (rGO): efficient catalysts for one-pot metal-free Ghosh, Basudeb synthesis of quinoxalines from 2-nitroaniline Tett. Basu, Lett., 2015, 56(48), 6762. 57. A. Manda/, V. Das, P. Anti-diabetic Effect of FriedelanTriterpenoids in 2015 Ghosh and S. Ghosh Streplozotocin Induced Diabetic Rat, Nat. Pdt. Res. Com., 2015, 10, 1683. 58. P. Ghosh and R. MgCli.6H20 catalyzed highly efficient synthesis of 2015 Subba 2-substituted-lHbenzimidazoles, Tett. Lett., 2015, 56, 2691. 59. G. Karmakar and Soybean Oil as a Biocompatible Multifunctional 2015 P.Ghosh Additive for Lubricating Oil, ACS Sus. Chem. Eng, 2015, 3, 19. 60. P. Ghosh and D. K. Acrylate Terpolymers as · Potential Pour Point 2015 Saha Depres~ant and Viscosity Modifiers for Lube Oil, Pet: Sci. Tech., 2015, 33, 1126. 61. P. Ghosh, M. Hoque Homo- and Copolymers of Decyl Methacrylate as 2015 andD. Nandi Performance Additives for Lube Oil, Pet. Sci. Tech., 2015, 00, 1. DOI: 10.1080/10916466.2015.1034364. 62. M. Hoque and P. Synthesis and performance evaluation of maleic 2015 Ghosh anhydride based polymeric additives for Lubricating Oil, Res. J. Chem. Environ, 2015, 29. 63. P. Ghosh and M. Synthesis and Performance Evaluat.ion of Vinyl 2015 Hoque Acetate-Maleic Anhydride Based Polymeric Additives for Lubricating Oil Pet. Sci. Tech., 2015, . 33, 1182. 64. M. Upadhyay, P. Shear stability and anti wear properties of three 2015 Ghosh different viscosity modifiers for lube oil, J. Sci. Ind. Res., 2015, 74, 567. 65. P. Ghosh*, S. Multifunctional additive performance of acrylate- 2015 Talukder, M. styrene copolymers, J. Sci. Ind. Res., 2016,75, 420 Upadhyay and T. Das 66. B. Bagchi, S. Sharma, QSAR Study and Molecular Docking of 2015 A. Cnatterjee, P. 23-hydroxybetulinic Acid, Derivatives as RMGPa Ghosh, and A. K. and HeLa Cells Inhibitors, 2015, 3, 75. Bothra 67. B. Roy, S. Ghosh, P. Graphene oxide (GO) or reduced graphene oxide 2015 Ghosh and B. Basu (rGO): efficient catalysts for one-pot metal-free synthesis of quinoxalines from 2-nitroaniline, Tetrahedron _T,ett., 2015, 56, 6762. 68. S. Shil, M. Roy and Role of Coupler to Design Organic Magnetic A. Misra Molecules: LUMO Plays an Important Role m Magnetic Exchange, RSC Adv. 5, 105574 :..__ 105582 I (2015). 69. S. Sarkar, P. Ghosh; Regio-Controlled Nitration of 4-Quinolones at 2015 A. Misra and S. Das Ambient Conditions, Synth. Commum. 45, 2386- 2393 ·(2015). 70. S. Pal, T: Goswami Noncomparative scaling of aromaticity through 2015 and A. Misra electron itinerancv, 5, 107211 (2015) 71. S. Shi!, D. A high-spin organic diradical as a spin filter, Phys. 2015 Bhattacharya, A. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17, 23378 (2015) Misra and D. J. Klein, 72. D. Bhattacharya, S. Photomagnetl:c and Nonlinear Optical Properties in 2015 Shi!, A. Misra, L. cis-trans Green Fluoroprotein Chromophore Coupled Bvtautas and D. J. Bis-Imino Nitroxide Diradicals, Int. J. Quantum Klein, Chem. 115, 426·433 (2015). 73. D. Bhattacharya, S. Borazine: spin blocker or not?, Phys. Chem. Chem. 2015 Shil, A. Misra, L. Phys. 17, 14223-14237 (20151 Bytautas and D. J. Klein 74. T. Goswami, S. Paul, On the Existence of Bond St ~tch Isomerism in Bel-: 2015 S. Mandal, A. Misra, A Theoreticah\c-count, Int. J. Quantum Chem. 115, A. Anoop and P. K. 426-433 (2015). Chattaraj 75. A. Sarkar, D. K. Journal ofSolution Chemistry 45 (2016) 560-573. 2016 Mishra & B. Sinha 76. A. Sarkar, B. K. Journal of C,hemical Thermodynamics 98 (2016) 2016 Pandit & B. Sinha 193-199. 77. B. K. Pandit, A. Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 2016, In 2016 Sarkar & B. Sinha Press, DOI: I 0.2298/JSC151031034P 78. S. Saha, A. Das, K. Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society. In Press, 2016 Achariee & B. Sinha DOI:10.2298/JSC160425065S 79. A. Sarkar, B. K. Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 98 (2016) 2016 Pandit & B. Sinha 118-1 '.:' i. 80. N. A. Al-Omair, D. Physics and Chemistry of Liquids 54 (2016) 615- 2016 Das, L. Snoussi, 631. B. Sinha, R. Pradhan, K. Acharjee, K. Saoudi & N. Ouerfelli. 81. A. Sarkar, B. K. Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 96 (2016) 2016 Pandit & B. Sinha 161-168. 82. R. Pradhan, A. Fluid Phase Equilibria 404 (2015) 131-140. 2015 Karnath, D. Brahman, I & B. Sinha Research Projects (Major & Minor): Ma.jor Research Project Title of the Sanctioned Authority Scheme I Project Prof. M. N. Roy, Project Coordinator Solute Solvent Interactions UGC-SAP (DRS-III) ·- Prof. P. S. Roy UGC-SAP (DRS-II) l'rof. S. K. Saha - Viscoelastic worm-like micelJes from cationic DST, SERB surfactants with quaternary ammonium, Govt. of India pyridinium and immidazolium head groups: ·- Thermodynamics, spectroscopy and rheolo!!V Prof. B. Basu "Graphite Oxide (GO) Based Carbon Materials: SERB, DST Green Catalytic Applications in Synthetic Organic Reactions" . ' Prof. P. Ghosh Transformative reactions on the isolated UGC triterpenoids from the medicinal plants of Darjeeling hills and screening for their biological activity Prof. A. Misra Theoretical Investigation of Aromatic Systems CSIR and Search for New Quantum Chemical Descriptor of Aromaticity Theoretical Investigation of Optical, Transport DST and Magnetic Properties in Mesoscopic Systems Minor Research Project Title of the Scheme Project Sanctioned Authority Dr. B. Sinha \ Efficac of Some Polydentate Schiff base N.B.U, Memo No. 4371/R- 2015-16 Transition Metal Complexes as Potential Plant 2015, dated 23/12/2015 Growth Promoters 9. V'ISi 'f IOI! F e IIow: Name of the Visitihg Fellow Duration - Prof. Dula! Ch. Ghosh, 10 Days Ex-Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University ofKalyani Corresponding address: A/51 - Survey Park, Santoshpur, . Kolkatq- 700075. Dr. Sanjib Bagc;hi, 10 Days Dept. of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Sceince Educational & Research, Kolkata Mohanpur Campus, P.O. BCKV Campus Main Office, Mohanpur-741252, Nadia. 14. Any other information. (i) Prof. M. N. Roy Selected to be honoured with CRSI Bronze Medal 2017 by CRSI (ii) Dr. Anirban Misra: CRSI Research Award 2016 (iii) Dr. Sajal Das: Dr. Sajal Das was awarded "Roman Post Doctoral Fellowship" by UGC, New Delhi 41 Department of Computer Science & Application 1. Name of The Department Computer Science and Application 2. Date of Establishment 1988 3. Introduction of the Department: The Department started imparting instructions with the most modern curricula and syllabus to the students of Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application Course in the year 1983 initially. Afterwards starts MCA Course in the year 1998. The Department is the oldest Department among all other Universities, which started imparting MCA Course in West Bengal. Presently the department is successfully running MCA & M.Sc. Computer Science Courses. The Department of Computer Science & Application has been one of the pioneering academic institutions for higher education, research, and innovation in key areas of computer science and application. The mission and vision of the department is to enabling excellences in the world of computer science and application through imparting higher education and research. Students of this department showed their potentiality in their respective services and placed in various reputed industries. The Department maintains an excellent h:.1ching/learning and research environment with .dedicated, qualified and dynamic faculties and well equipped laboratories. Apart from the teaching, faculties are very much active developing, guiding and conducting research oriented projects, articles related to Computer Science & Information Technology, books. The faculties also participates in various International and national Semmars, workshops, Symposiums and conferences of repute. Presently the Department is having Three Professors, five Assistant Professors and Seven Non-Teaching staffs constitute the faculty and non-teaching strength of the department. 4. Name of the Faculty Professor Reader Sr. Lecturer/ Lecturer Prof. Rani it Kumar Samanta Dr. Swamp Das Prof. Nayan Ranjan Manna Dr. Sarad Sinha Prof. Subhas Chandra Pal Dr. Ardhendu Manda! - Mr. Rakesh Kumar Manda! Dr. Dilip Roy Chowdhury 5. Name of the Research Scholars SI.No. Name of the Scholar Designation 01. R.akesh Kumar Mandal Research Scholar 02. Aposh Roy Research Scholar 03. Amit Ghosh Roy Research Scholar 04. Dipanjan Moitra Research Scholar 05. Philip Lepcha Research Scholar 06 . . S. Bannerjee Research Scholar 07. T. Bhadra Research Scholar ,______08. Debosmita Saha Research Scholar 09. Jayanta Loha Research Scholar - 10. Abhiiit Dutta Research Scholar 11. Malay Mitra Research Scholar ··- 12. Dipanjan Bhowmik UGCJRF 42 6. Name of the Project Scholars: SI.No. Name of the Scholar Designation 01. Kanishka Sarkar Project Scholar 7. N ameo f t h e N on-T eac h.mg Sta ff SI.No. Name Designation 1. Dr. Amal Kumar Saha Superintended (Tech.) 2. Mr. Bibekanda Paul Superintended (Tech.) 3. Mr. Uttam Ghosh Sr. Technical Assistant 4. Dr. Arghya Das Program Assistant 5. Mr. TaQan Bhattacharjee Jr. Record SUQQlier 6. Mr. Chanchal Kumar Jha Lab Attendant(C) 7. Mr. Manobcndra Sarkar Office Assistant (C) 8. stu d ents strengt 1 Students Semester Male Female Total MCA 1st Sem. - -- - 6 5 11 2nd Sem. ·------3rd Sem. 18 6 24 4th Sem. - - - 5th Sem. 10 4 14 6th Sem. - - - _M:. Sc. ComQuter Science 15t Sem. 2 8 10 2nd Sem. - - - 3rd Sem. 8 4 12 4th Sem. - - '-- ·-- - 9. Seminar /Conferences attended (Outside the Country & Within the Countr)'.) ------. Name of the Name of the Venue & Date Teacher Seminars/Con fcrences Title of the Paper ------·------Prof. Ranj it Nil Nil Nil Kumar Samanta - --- - Prof. N. R. Nil Nil Nil Manna ------Prof. S.C. Pal Nil Nil Nil Dr. Swarup Nil Nil Nil Das Dr. Sarad Nil Nil Nil Sinha - - Dr. Ardhendu I. National Seminar on I. Department of I. High Performcnce Mand al Recent Trends in Computer Computing Computer Science Applications, Raiganj lJniversity, 1st April, 2016 2. National Conference 2. Dept. of Computer 2. Segmentation of Breast on Computational Science & Tumor from Technologies-2016 [_ Application, Mammographic Images (NCCT'2016)_____ - ~ n ive!:_s_i_!x_9J ~.orQ1 _ _Using . Histogran.!._~c~k 43 Bengal Slicing Threshold 3. Do 3. Do 3. Histogram Peak Normalization Based Threshold to Detect Brain Tumor from Tl Weighted MRI 4.Do 4. Do 4. Design and performance evaluation of Advanced Priority Based Dynamic Round Robin Scheduling Algorithm (APBDRR2 Rakesh Kumar I. National Seminar on I. Department of I. Artificial Neural Mandal Recent Trends in Computer Networks (ANN) Computer Science Applications, Raiganj University, I st April, 2016 2. National Conference 2. Dept. of Computer 2. I Iistogram Peak on Computational Science & Normalization Based Teehnologies-201 6 Application, Threshold to Detect Brain (NCCT'2016) University of North Tumor from Tl Weighted Bengal MRr'. 3. Do 3. Do 3. Pattern Variation Method to Detect Lie Using Artificial Neural Network (PVMANN) 4. National Conference 4. Dept. of Computer 4. Double Bit Error on Research Trends in Application, Silguri Correction using I lamming Computer Science & Institute of Code (DBECH) Application - 2015 Technology (NCRTCSJ\'2015) 5. Do 5. Do 5. Brain Tumor Detection from Tl Weighted MRI using Histogram Peak Difference Threshold 6. Do 6. Do 6. Handwritten English Character Recognitiou using Diagonal Segmentation of Image Matrix (DSIM) 7. Do 7. Do 7. Eighteen Directional Feature Extractions for Ilandwritten English Character Recognition - Dr. Dilip Roy I. National Conference I. Dept. of Computer I . Green Computing: Chowdhury on Computational Science & Ef!icient Practices And Technologies - 2015 Application, Applications (NCCT'l6) University ofN011h Bengal, Feb, 2016 2. Do 2. Do 2. Generalized Anxiety I Disorder: Prediction usi_l!g _ ANN 3.Do 3. Do 3. Conceptual Framework Strategies for Image Compression: A Review 4.Do 4. Do 4. Remote Sensing Applied in Marine Fishing: A Review on Indian Fishing Industry Context 5. National Conference 5. Dept. of Computer 5. Prediction of Survival on Research Trends in Application, Silguri Possibility of Heart Attack Computer Science & Institute of Patient: An Artificial Neural Application - 2015 Technology, Network Model (NCRTCSA'2015) 10. 0 rgan1ze. d sem mar IC onfi erences: Name of the Seminar/Conference Date of Seminar Conference National Conference on Computational Technologies-2016 February, 2016 (NCCT'2016) 11 . Publication : Name of the Name of the Book/Jouma!Nolume Year of Author Publication Dr. R. K. 1. Prediction of Heart Disease and Performances of Data 2016 Samanta Sets", Proceedings of 3rd Int. Conf. on Computing and Systems (ICCS 2016) 2. "A Study on Bio* Tools for Bioinformatics Tasks", Proceedings of 3rd Int. Conf. on Computing and Systems (ICCS 2016), India, pp. 196-200 3. "A Survey on UCI Hepatitis Disease Dataset using Soft Computing", Proc. Of 3rd Int. Conf. on Computing and Systems ( ICCS 2016) Prof. S.C. Pal A note on Hungarian method for solving assignment problem, 2015 Journal of Information and Optimization Sciences 36(5), 451- 459, September, 2015 Dr. Sarad Sinha Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Intelligent 2016 2 Computing and Communication(ICIC ) , Dept. of Computer Sc. & Engg., University ofKalyani being published by Spriger (in press), February, 2016. Dr. Ardhendu 1. Segmentation of Breast Tumor from Mammographic 2016 Manda! Images Using Histogram Peak Slicing Threshold, International Journal ofComputer Sciences and Engineering (IJCSE), 4(1), 85-92, 2016. 2. Histogram Peak Normalization Based Threshold to Detect Brain Tumor from Tl Weighted MRI, International Journal ofComputer Sciences and Engineering (IJCSE), 4(1), 16-24, 2016. 3. Design and performance evaluation of Advanced Priority Based Dynamic Round Robin Scheduling Algorithm (APBDRR), International Journal ofComputer Sciences and En~ineerin~ (IJCSE), 4(1), 78-84, 2016. 45 Mr. Rakesh 1. "Histogram Peak Nonnalization Based Threshold to 2016 Kumar Manda! Detect Brain Tumor from Tl Weighted MRI", International Journal of Computer Sciences and Engineering, Vol. 4, Issue 1, pp 16-24, Feb, 2016. 2. "Pattern Variation Method to Detect Lie Using Artificial Neural Network (PVMANN)", International Journal of Computer Sciences and Engineering, Vol. 4, Issue 1, pp 16- 24, Feb, 2016 Dr. Dilip Roy 1. "Green Computing Efficient Practices And 2015 and Chowdhury Applications", International Journal of Computer Sciences and 2016 Engineering (IJCSE), Vol. 4. S Issue: 1, pp. 38-47, IF 2.162, e- ISSN: 2347-2693, Feb' 2016. 2. "Generalized Anxiety Disorder Prediction using ANN", International Journal of Computer Sciences and Engineering (IJCSE), Vol. 4. S Issue: 1, pp. 48-56, IF 2.162, e ISSN: 2347-2693, Feb' 2016. 3. "Conceptual Framework Strategies for Image Compression: A Review", International Journal of Computer Sciences and l:, ~ineering (IJCSE), Vol. 4. S Issue: 1, pp. 32- 37, IF 2.162, e- "N: 2347-2693, Feb' 2016. 4. "Remote Se ng Applied in Marine Fishing: A Revie~ on Indian Fishing I -.1ustry Context", International Journal of. Computer Sciences and Engineering (IJCSE), Vol. 4. S Issue: 1, pp. 105-111, IF 2.162, e-ISSN: 2347-2693, Feb' 2016. 5. "Prediction of Survival Possibility of Heart Attack Patient: An Artificial Neural Network Model", Bonfring Publication, pp. 4-7, IF: 0.651, ISBN: 978-93-85477-34-8, 2015. 6. "Artificial Neural Network Model for Envisaging Generalized Anxiety Disorder", ABACUS- A peer reviewed and Referred Multilingual Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, 2"d Edition, ISSN: 2454-3233, pp., 2016 [accepted]. 7. "Prediction of Generalized Anxiety Disorder by Using Artificial Neural Network", International Conference on Computing and System, ICCS-2016, University of Burdwan, India, pp. 21-25, ISBN: 978-93-8577713-4, 2151 -22°d January' 2016, 8. "Prediction of Survival Possibility of Heart Attack Patient: An Artificial Neural Network Model", National Conference on Research Trends in Computer Science and Application(NCRTCSA-2015), Organised by SIT, Siliguri, Technically co-sponsored by IEEE Kolkata and CSI Siliguri, pp. 04-07, ISBN: 978-93-85477-34-8, 7th November '2015. · 12. Researc h P ro1ects. Major Research Project I Title of the Project • Sanctioned Authoritv Design and Development UGC Assistance under Principal Investigator: Dr. of an Artificial Neural Innovative Research Ardhendu Manda! Network (ANN) Based Activities Scheme for Co Investigator : Rakesh Kumar Expert System to Dia!mose Research Proposal, XII Plan. Mand al 46 Human Brain Tumor from CT scan and MRI Images", Indian Languages Corpora Ministry of Information Dr. S Sinha Initiative (ILCI) - Phase II Technology, Govt. oflndia (Nepali), DeitY, Minor Research Project A Lie Detection Expert University of North Bengal. Rakesh Kumar Manda! System based on Artificial Neural Network (ANN) 13. Visiting Fellow: 14. Any other Information (Award Received): 47 Department of Geography & Applied Geography 1. Name of the Department: Geography and Applied Geography 2. Date of Establishment: 1962 3. Introduction of the Department: 1962 4. Name ofF.aculty: Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor -- I. Dr. Sushma Rohatgi I. Dr. Sudip Kumar Bhattacharya 2. Dr. Suman Sao 2. Dr. Snehasish Saha 1. Dr. Subir Sarkar 3. Dr. Deepak Kumar Mandal 3. Mr. Arindam Basak 4. Dr. Indira Leocha (nee) Lama 5. Dr. Ran ., Roy 5. Name of Research Schola~ I. Ritupama Das II Dorjee Tshering Bhutia Ill Pronab Kr. Manda! iv. Pompi Sarkar v. Nanigopal Kapasia VI. Bi<>wajit Das Vil Swarupa Sarkar 6. Name of the Project Scholars: NIL 7. Name of the Non Teaching Staff: Name Desi2nation I .Mr. Bhanu Basak Senior Assistant 2.Mr. Kalyan Rov Technical Assistant Grade I 3.Mr. Biman Bagchi Laboratory Attendant III 4.Mr Surja Das Laboratory Attendant II 5.Mr. Pawan Kumar Kamoti Senior Peon . 6.Mr. Sumit Bhowmick Junior Peon 8. Students strength: (in Main Campus) Students Semester Male Female Total First Semester Part I 24 25 49 Second Semester 24 25 49 Third Semester Part II 28 21 49 Fourth Semester 28 21 49 48 9. Seminar/Conferences attended (Outside the Country & within the Country): Name of the Name of the Venue and date Title of the paper Teacher Seminars/Conference presented Prof. Subir UGC Sponsored National Dept. of Geography Application Of GIS In Sarkar Seminar on "Remote and Applied Integrated Watershed Sensing and GIS on Geography, North Management Environmental Bengal University. Management" from February 02-03, 2016. Resource person in UGC Sitalkuchi College Health disparity in India: National Seminar; 8-9 Conceptual and empirical January, 2015 explorations Resource person m Alipurduar College Emerging trends in Geo International Conference on spatial technology for _ Modem Trends m Social flood management and Basic Sciences; 27-28 March 2015 Special Lecture in National Bangiya Bhugol Traditional Ecological Seminar on Role of values Mancha, Koch Bihar Knowledge (TED) in Life and indigenous traditions to Sustenance sustain life on Earth, 30-31 January, 2016 I Dr. Sushma UGC Sponsored National Dept. of Geography Rohatgi Seminar on "Remote and Applied Sensing and GIS on Geography, North Environmental Bengal University. Management" from February 02-03, 2016. Dr. Suman UGC Sponsored National Dept. of Geography Identification Of Landuse Sao Seminar on "Remote and Applied And Urban Facilities Sensing and GIS on Geography, North Using Remote Sensing Environmental Bengal University. And Gis Techniques In Management" February 02- Mathabhnaga Town 03, 2016. 5th NAGI International Department of Planning for the Conference on Future Earth Geography, Development of Rural Perspectives in South Asia Bharathidasan Crafts: Case Study Ill (IC FEPSA), 5t1i - 7th Feb. University, North Bengal' 2016. Tiruchiappalli, Tamil Nadu DGSI International Department of Planning for the Conference October 17 - Geography, ML Development of Village 19, 2015. Sukhadia University, Industries: Case Study of 49 Udaipur Mask Craft' Fourth Global Conference University of Oxford, Development of Village on Economic Geography UK. Crafts for Micro Area 2015 from 19th - 23rd Development in India' August 2015. Dr. UGC .Sponsored National Dept. of Geography Causes Of Embankment D.K.Mandal Seminar on "Remote and Applied Breaching In The River Sensing and GIS on Geography, North Mahananda, At Environmental Bengal University. Champasari In Darjeeling Management" from District, West Bengal February 02-03, 2016. Resource Person in UGC Maynagurr College, Major Environmental National Conference, 3-4 West Bengal issues: Vulnerability and Sept. 2015 ' Impacts XXXV INCA International INCA, Hyderabad, Targeting and Congress on 15-1 7 INCA Management of Ground December, 2015 Water Resources by using Remotely Sensed Digital data and GIS tools in Doon Valley, Uttaranchal Resource Person in UGC Sitalkuchi College, Health Disparity Index in Sponsored National West Bengal India; Conceptual and Seminar 8-9 January, 2016 Empirical Explorations Dr. Indira UGC Sponsored National Dept. of Geography Fire Hazard Vulnerability Lepcha (nee) Seminar on "Remote and Applied Zones In Darjeeling Lama Sensing and GIS on Geography, North Municipality, West Bengal Environmental Bengal University. Management" from February 02-03, 2016. Dr. Ranjan Science in Bengal NBU, 2015 Roy 3 7th Indian Geography Department of Application of Remote Congress, znd to 4th Geography, Sensing and GIS in the Dec.,2015, NAGI University of Jarnmu Study of Wetlands: A Case Study of Sitalkuchi Block m Koch Bihar District, WB UGC Sponsored National Department of Joint Paper on Inequality Seminar on 'Health Geography, of Health Care Disparity m India Sitalkuchi College, Infrastructure m Koch Conceptual and Empirical WB Bihar District, West Explorations', gth to 9th Bengal Jan., 2010 so Dr. Sudip 37th Indian Geography The Department of Assessment of Landslide Kr. Congress, Jammu, of Geography, vulnerable zones through Bhattacharya National Association of University of Jammu, susceptibility analysis of Geographers, India (NAGI) Jammu. terrain and human induced on "Tourism, Resources, factors of Kurseong Hill Environment and Subdivision, W.B. Development using GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques" from December, 2-4, 2015. National seminar on "Role Bangiyo Bhugol Some proposals of of values and indigenous Mancha. (Regd. No. environmental awareness tradition to sustain life on S/76955, 1995-95) to the local people m earth" from January, 30-31, controlling Landslide 2016. Hazards in the Darjeeling hills. UGC Sponsored National Dept. of Geography Geomorphometric analysis Seminar "Remote Sensing and Applied and terrain evaluation for and GIS on Environmental Geography, North environmental Management" February 02- Bengal University. management in the 03, 2016. Kurseong hill subdivision of the Darjeeling district, West Bengal Dr. UGC Sponsored National Dept. of Geography Snehasish Seminar on "Remote and Applied Saha Sensing and GIS on Geography, North Environmental Bengal University. Management" from February 02-03, 2016. 22nd W.B.S.S. & T DST,W.B and NBU Bank erosion of river Congress,2015 28, Ganga in Maida district: A February and 1, Historical and March,2015 Geographical Background 37th Indian Geography Deptt. of Geography, A Study on Fluvial Congress, NAGI 2-4 Jammu University, Morphological December,2015 Jammu Environment of Jaldhaka Murti System m Jalpaiguri, W.B using GIS techniques National Seminar 30-31 Bangiyo Bhugol Human Rights and January 2016 Mancha, Kolkata Sustainable Development: A case of Diara Inhabitants m Maida District, West Bengal 51 National Seminar; Geo- Birpara College, Basin Morphometry as Environmental Welfare Birpara, Alipurduar, Indicator of Flood Society WB Occurrences: A Case study 12-13 August 2016 of River Karala m Jalpaiguri District, West Bengal Mr. Arindam UGC Sponsored National Dept. of Geography Spatial Variation Of Basic Basak Seminar on "Remote and Applied Demography In English Sensing and GIS on Geography, North Bazar Municipality: A Environmental Bengal University. Ward Level Study Management" from February 02-03, 2016. UGC National Seminar on Maynaguri College Solution to problems Major Environmental associated with measuring Issues: Vulnerability ad socio=economic inequality Impacts 3-4 September, 2016 3 7th Indian Ge aphy Department of Socio Economic Condition Congress NAG ; 2-4 Geography, Jammu of North Bengal: A atio December University temporal analysis UGC Sponsored National Sitalkuchi College Women participation in Seminar on 'Health health care· management Disparity m India Conceptual and Empirical Explorations', gth to 9th Jan.,2016 National Seminar 30-31 Bangiyo Bhugol Role of values and January 2016 Mancha, Kolkata indigenous tradition to sustain life on earth 10. Organized Seminar/Conference: --- Name of the Seminar/Conference Date of the Seminar/Conference UGC sponsored National Seminar on Remote Department of Geography & Applied Sensing and GIS in Environmental Management Geograohv, NBU, on February, 2-3, 2016 52 1. Publication: Name of the Name of the Book/JournalNolume Year of Author Publication Prof. Subir I. Application Of GIS In Integrated Watershed Management, Sarkar Seminar Volume on Remote Sensing and GIS in Environmental Management 2. Some Considerations for Indo-Bhutanese Co-operation in Managing Flood and Related Problems in Sub-Himalayan Duars area in Jalpaiguri district, 2015, Geographical Thoughts, Vol. 13, pp. 1-6. Dr/Suman I. Identification Of Landuse And Urban Facilities Using Remote Sao Sensing And Gis Techniques In Mathabhnaga Town Ujoint Seminar Volume on Remote Sensing and GIS in Environmental Management 2. Terracotta Work: A Study In Economic Perspective, Geographical Thoughts, Volume XIV, ISSN 2229 - 466X Dr. Deepak 1. Causes Of Embankment Breaching In The River Mahananda, Kumar At Champasari In Darjeeling District, West Bengal (Joint), Mandal Seminar Volume on Remote Sensing and GIS in Environmental Management __ Dr. Indira 1. Fire Hazard Vulnerability Zones In Darjeeling Municipality, Lepcha (nee) West Bengal, Seminar Volume on Remote Sensing and GIS in Lama Environmental Management 2. A Study Of Sex Ratio In Darjiling District, West Bengal Geographical Thoughts, Volume XIV, ISSN 2229 - 466X Dr. Ranjan 1. An Assessment Of Tourism Industry In Koch Bihar District, Roy West Bengal, Geographical Thoughts, Volume XIV, ISSN 2229 - 466X 2. Economic Status Of Tribal People In Mal Subdivision Of Jalpaiguri District, Geographical Thoughts, Volume XIV, ISSN 2229 - 466X Joint 3. Impact Of Environment On Rural Livelihood Pattern: A Case Study Of Darjiling District, West Bengal Dr. Su dip I. Application Of Remote Sensing And GIS In Wetland Kr. Management: A Case Study Of Koch Bil ar District, West Bengal Bhattacharya (Joint) Seminar Volume on Remote Sensing and GIS m Environmental Management 2. Quality Of Life Of The Women Workers Vis A Vis The Positional Status Of The Tea Gardens n The Darjeeling Hills, West Bengal, India Geographical Thoughts, Volume XIV, ISSN 2229-466X Dr. l. Adjustments Of Channel Hydraulics Vs. Channel Bed-Forms, Snehasish A Case Of River Diana In Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, Geographical Saha Thoughts, Volume XIV, ISSN 2229 - 466X 53 Mr. Arindam 1. Spatial Variation Of Basic Demography In English Bazar Basak Municipality: A Ward Level Study Seminar Volume on Remote Sensing and GIS in Environmental Management 2. Housing Condition And Availability Of Household Asset Across Various Districts Of North Bengal, Geographical Thoughts, Volume XIV, ISSN 2229 - 466X 12. Research Projects (Major & Minor): 13. Visiting Fellow: Name of the Visitini! Fellow Duration Dr. Partha Sarathi Chakraborty 2-3 February, 2016 14. Any other information: Nil 54 Department of Mathematics I. Name of the Department: Mathematics 2. Date of Establishment: 1962 3. Introduction of the Department: The Department of Mathematics came into existence in 1962, with the major objective of developing a centre for excellence in the region of North Bengal in Mathematical Sciences and Applications and to provide facilities for training, study, research in these areas. Pioneering research contributions have come from the faculty members in the field of Real Analysis, Complex Analysis, Topology, Relativity & Astrophysics, Graph Theory, Dynamical Systems and Geometry. The Department has the distinction of having on its stuff Fulbright Fellow, Erasmus International Fellow, TWAS-UNESCO Visiting Professor JSPS Scholar, Ramanujan Fellow etc. The Department conducts Master's degree programme in Mathematics and Ph. D. programmes. The Department has a record of almost 100% employments at various levels, starting from High Schools, colleges and Universities to Research Laboratories like DRDO, CSIR Labs and others. • Main areas of research at present are Real and Complex Analysis, Topology, Differential Geometry, Differential equations, Dynamical Systems, General Relativity. • The D~partment has been receiving annual Library Grant from NBHM since 1991. The Departmental library has about 6500 books and subscribes a large number of International and Indian Peer Reviewed journals including Mathematical Reviews. • The Department has a large computing facility sponsored by the DST FIST grant. • The Department is co-ordinating the Mathematical Olympiads and related training programmes for high school students, Madhava Mathematics Competition for undergraduate students in affiliated colleges and other colleges in the vicinity and Refresher Courses in Mathematics organized by ASC-NBU. • The department received a grant from RUSA (Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan) for procuring books for the Departmental Library and to built a Smart Classroom. • The Department received a grant of Rs. 7, 00,000/- from the UGC XIl Plan General Development Scheme 2015 -16 for purchasing of Equipments. • The Department has expected to receive the NBHM Library Grant for the F.Y. 2015 - 16 very shortly. 4. (a) Name of the Faculty: Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Prof. M.K. Bose - Dr. M. Singha I Prof. K.K. Nandi - Dr. D. C. Pramanik (Retired on 26.01.2016) Prof. D.P. Datta - Dr. Pradip Majhi (on Lien from 11.08.2016) Prof. S. De Sarkar - Ms. Nita Tamang 5. Name of the Research Scholars: Name Designation Sri Kapil Roy J.R.F. (C.S.I.R.) Smt. Chaiti Ghosh J.R.F. (C.S.l.R.) 6. Name of the Project Scholars: NIL 7. Name of the Non-Teaching Staff: I Name Designation I Smt. Sonali Sarkar Jr. Assistant (Casual) I Smt. Rahena Banu : Jr. Peon 8. Students Strength: Students Male Female Total (2015 -2016) Part I, pt Sem 39 20 59 2°d Sem 29 20 49 Part II, 3rd Sem 34 17 51 4th Sem 32 16 48 9. Seminar /Conferences attended (Outside the Country & within the Country): Name ofthe Name ofthe Seminars I Title ofthe paper Venue & Date Teacher Conference presented Prof. K.K. Nandi Delivered S.N. Bose Calcutta Mathematical - Memorial Lecture Society, 7 Sept.2015 Invited lecture at the 10-12 Sept. 2015 - nJCAA Center, Dept. of Appl. Maths, Calcutta University. Dr. M. Singha 1st Pan Pacific International Minnan Normal University, C-metric topological Conference on Topology Zhangzhou, China, spaces with special and Applications 25-30 November 2015. emphasis on some fixed point theorems International Conference on Department of On Partial Metric Nonlinear Dynamics, Mathematics, Jadavpur Spaces Analysis and Optimization University, Kolkata, (ICNDAO 2015) 9-11December,2015 National Conference on Department of On a metric Exploring Advances in Mathematics, University of appeared in Mathematics (NCEAM- GourBanga, representation theory 2015) December 16-17, 2015 National Conference on Calcutta Mathematical Some results in Emerging Trends in Society, Topological Mathematics and December 17-19, 2015 Hypergroups Mathematical Sciences J 56 National Seminar on Department of On Partial Metric Advances in Mathematical Mathematics, Guwahati Topology Sciences University, Assam. 22nd December, 2015. Dr. D.C. Pramanik "International seminar on March 13, 2016 at "Some results on the Gravitational waves: A recent Department of growth of entire vista to the universe-2016" Mathematics, Raiganj functions on the University, West Bengal, basis of central India. index" Ms. Nita Tamang AIS in Analytic Number KUT Bhubaneswar, - Theory Organized by National Centre for Mathematics. (1 51 June to 20th June 2015) Workshop in Analytic Nul!lber IMSC Chennai, Organized - Theory by National Centre for Mathematics. (19th Oct to 24th Oct 2015), 10. Organized Seminar/ Conferences: Name o the Seminar I Con erence Date o the Seminar/ Con erences Remarks 11. Publication: Nameofthe Year of Name of the Book I Journal Volume Author Publication ~ Prof. M.K. Bose R. Tiwari and On near (D) compactness, International Journal of 2015 M. K. Bose Mathematical Sciences and Enjineering Applications, 9 no. III (2015),P.231-236. Ajoy Mukharjee Some results on nearly pairwise paracompact spaces, Bulletin 2015 and M.K. Bose, of the Malaysian Mathematics! Society, doi: 10.1007/s4 0840- 015-0199; Published online: 07 August, 2015. Ajoy Mukharjee, On nearly pairwise paracompact spaces, Southeast Asian 2016 ArupRoy Bulletin of Mathematics 40 (2) (2016), p: 213 - 223 Choudhury and M.K.Bose Ajoy Mukharjee, Asymmetric maximal and minimal open sets, to appear in - Arup Roy Mathematics Moravica. Choudhury and M.K. Bose ~ 'Prof. K.K. Nandi KamalK. J.Cosm.Astropart.Phys.07(2015) 018 2015 Nandi et al., ~ Prof. D.P. Datta 57 A. Palit & D.P. Comparative Study of Homotopy analysis and Renormalization 2015 Datta group methods on Releigh- Van-der Pol (equations; Differ.Eqn. Dyn.Syst. {Springer) ,D.O.I. 10.1007/&12591 - 015- 0253-4, (2015) A. Palit & D.P. Existance of Limit Cycles in a class of non- symmetric Lienard 2016 Datta System, Indian J. Math. 58 (1), 59 -93, (2016) D.P. Datta & S. Duality structure, non-Archimedean Extension of Real number - Sarkar system and emergent fractal sets: p-adic Numbers, Ultrametric Analysis and Applications (Springer), 2016, to appear ... ~ Proj S. De Sarkar N. Tamang and Some Nearly Open Sets in a Fuzzy Sequential Topological 2016 S. De Sarkar Space, International Journal of Mathematical Archive, 7(2), (2016) 120-128. ~ Dr. M. Singha - M. Siogha, Asymptotic generalization of a fixed point theorem in partial 2015 Koushik Sarkar metric spaces Page: 141-146, International Journal of Mathematical Archive Vol. 6 No. 6, (2015) M. Singha, A Common Fi ~ d Point Theorem for Four Mappings in 2015 k -Metric Spaces, Page: 58-60, International Journal of Engineering and Technical Research,Vol. 3, No. 12,(2015) M. Singha, Fixed point theorems for Tk -contractions in k-Metric Spaces 2015 Page: 1-4, International Joumal of Mathematical Archive, Vol. 6 No. 12, (2015) M. Singha, A Common Fixed Point Theorem in Cone Metric Spaces 2015 Koushik Das Page: 64-72, International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Research Technology (IJEART), 2015 ~ Dr. D. C. Pramanik S. K. Datta, T. Some growth properties of entire functions depending on their 2015 Biswas and D. C. relative orders, Int. J. Open Problems Compt. Math., Vol. 8, Pramanik No. 2, June 2015, ISSN 2074-2827. ~ Ms. Nita Tamang N. Tamang, M. Composition of fuzzy sequential operators with special 2015 Singha and s. De emphasis on FS-connectors, Palestine Journal of Mathematics, Sarkar, 4 (I) (2015), 37-43. N. Tamang and Some Nearly Open Sets in a Fuzzy Sequential Topological 2016 S. De Sarkar Space, International Journal of Mathematical Archive, 7(2), (2016) 120-128. 12. Research Projects (Major & Minor): ~ D r. MSi02 h a Major Research Project Title ofthe Scheme Project Sanctioned Authority Remarks Design and Development of an UGC 2 Years Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Grant I Amount Mobilized based expert system to diagnose : 10, 10,000/- 58 human .brain Tumor from CT scan I and MRI images · Minor Research Project Title ofthe Scheme Project Sanctioned Authority Remarks Topological emphasis of k- University of North Bengal 1 Year metric spaces and fixed point (2015-2016) theorems Grant I Amount Mobilized : 75,000/- 13. Visiting Fellow:· I ~ame of the Visiting Fellow I ;uraJion 14. Any other information: Prof K.K. Nandi has received the following international awards ~ Best Scientist Award from Bashkir State Pedagogical University, Ufa, Russia (2014) ~ Accredited Referee of Classical & Quantum Gravity (IOP publishing, Bristol, UK). Ph.D. Awarded (from: I'1 April, 2015 to 3r1 March, 2016): NIL • The students of the Department organized Blood Donation Camp on 21st May, 2015 (contribution- 180 units) in the Department. • Regional Mathematical Olympiad (RM0)'15 Test was held on 22nd November, 2015 in the Department of Mathematics, N.B.U. The Test was jointly conducted by National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM) and Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata. • The Madhava Mathematics Competition Test (MMC - 2016) was held on 13th December, 2015 jointly organized by S P College, Pune & Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Tata Institute for fundamental research, Mumbai and funded by National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM). 59 Department of Microbiology 1. Name of the Department: MICROBIOLOGY 2. Date of Establishment: 2005 3. Introduction of the department: 4. Name of the Faculty: Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professors 1. Dr Arindam Bhattacharjee 2. Ms SaritaKumari 3. Dr.Paye! Sarkar 4. Mr.Shyama Prasad Saha 5. Name of the Research Scholars: Aditi Rai, Swamab Sengupta, Nitya Rai, Upasana Chetri 6. Name of the Project Scholars: NIL 7. Name of the Non-Teaching staff: Ms. Madhumita Ghosh, Mr. Satya Ranjan Das, Mr. Sudipta Das, Mr. Subir Sarkar 8 Student strength: Part-1: 21 Part-2: 17 9. Seminar I Conference I workshop attended (outside the country & within country) Name of the Title of Name of the Seminar/Conference Venue &·Date teacher Paper Dr. Arindam 22nd West Bengal State Science NBU, 28th Feb to pt Bhattacharjee and Technology Coneress March, 2015 SAKSHAM : 7 day workshop by Computer center, NBU. Microsoft December, 2015 Ms. Sarita 22nd West Bengal State Science NBU, 2811i Feb to 1st Kumari and Technolo!!V Coneress March, 2015 SAKSHAM : 7 day workshop by Computer center, NBU. Microsoft December, 2015 Dr. Payel Sarkar 22nd West Bengal State Science NBU, 28th Feb to 1st and Technolo!!V Cone:ress March, 2015 SAKSHAM : 7 day workshop by Computer center, NBU. Microsoft December, 2015 Mr Shyama 22nd West Bengal State Science NBU, 28th Feb to 1st Prasad Saha and Technolo!!V Coneress March, 2015 SAKSHAM : 7 day workshop by Computer center, NBU. Microsoft December, 2015 International symposium on 11-12 December 2015, Biodiversity, Agriculture, syllvun court, Ooty Environment and Forestry 60 10. 0 rgamze. d sem marsIC onfi erences I W orkh s op Name Of the Seminar/Conference/workshop Date of the Seminar WORKSHOP FOR UNDER GRADUATE STUDENTS March 16th_18t\ 2016 IN ADVAN CED TECHNIQUES IN MICROBIOLOGY 11. Publication: Year of Name of author .,Name of Journal/book/volume publication Dr. Arindam NIL Bhattachar.iee Ms. Sarita Kumari I. Kumari, S. and Bacillus cereus hazard and control in industrial dairy 2016 Sarkar, P.K. processing environment: Review. Food Control 69: 20-29 2. Sharma, A., Kumari, Minimization of antinutrients in idli by using response 2016 S., Nout, M.J.R. surface process optimization. Journal of Food and Sarkar, P.K. Processing and Preservation. Doi: 10.1111/jfpp.13099. 3. Sharma, A., Kumari, Optimization of soybean processing into kinema, 2015 S., Wongputtisin, P., a Bacillus-fermented alkaline food, with respect to a Nout, M.J.R. minimum level of antinutrients. Journal of Applied and Sarkar, P.K. Microbiology 119: 162-176. Dr. Payel Sarkar 1. Payel Sarkar, Purification and characterization of solvent stable 2016. · Khusboo Lepcha and · lipase from a solvent tolerant strain of Shilpi Ghosh Geobacillusstearothermophilus PS 11. Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences., 5( 6):602-605. 2. Roy MP, Mazumdar Cloning and Expression of PhytaseappA Gene 2015 D, Dutta S, Saha SP, from Shigella sp. CD2 in Pichiapastoris and Ghosh S: Comparison of Properties with Recombinant Enzyme Expressed in E.coli. Plos One, 2015, 11(1):1-14 12. Research Projects (Major & Minor): Major Project Title of the scheme project Sanctioned authority NIL NIL Minor Pro_ject Title of the scheme project Sanctioned authority 'Isolation of bacteria from high altitude lakes and identifying their extracellular enzyme' University of North Bengal PI- Arindam Bhattachariee 13. Visiting Fellow Duration Name of Visiting Fellow Prof. Ratan Gachui, Dept of Biotechnology, University of Jadavpur On 1st December, 2015 14. Any other information: 2nct prize by MSc pt students in West Bengal State student science fair, 2015, science model competition organised by youth service dept. Govt. of WB. 61 Department of Physics I . Name of the Department : Physics Department 2. Date of establishment : 1962 3. Introduction of the Department : 1962 4. Name of Faculty: Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor i. Dr. Pradip Kumar Manda) i. Dr'.· Sripada Haldar i. Dr. Suman Chatterjee ii. Dr. Amitabha Mukhopadhyay ii. Dr. Rajat Kumar Dey iii. Dr. Malay Kumar Das iii. Mr. Provash Mali iv. Dr. Bikash Chandra Paul 5. Name of Research Scholars: (i) Barnali Barman .(ii) Rajat Biswas (iii) Tanmav Basak (iv) Bipran. Kumar Tiwary (v) Kishor Chowdhury (vi) Dr. Amit Shankar (PDF) (vii) Gautam Sarkar (viii) Pragati Pradhan (ix) Debasish Sinha (x) Anamika Paramanik (xi) Sudipta Sarkar (xii) Sanchita Barman (xiii) Sanjib Kumar Manna (xiv) Kartick Chandra Dey (xv) Somdatta Basak (xvi) Soumya Sarkar (xvii) Souvik Ganguly (xviii) DebarghyaGoswami (xix) Rakesh Kar (xx) AsimDebnath (xxi) SornnathGhosh (xxii) Manabendra Roy 6. Name of Project Sclfolars: (i) Ms. Rumi Deb (UGC) (ii) Ms. Aparna Ghosh (iii) Mr. Sushanta Chak!"aborty 7. Name of non-Teaching Staff: Name Designation (i) Mr. Sudip Saha Jr. Super (ii) Mr. Sankha Subhra Roy Technical Assistant Gr. I (iii) Mr. Subrata Hazra Technical Assistant Gr. II (iv) Rajesh Pradhan Technical Assistant Gr. II (v) Mr .Ayub Ahamad Technical Assistant Gr. II (vi) Mr. Amitava Roy Technical Assistant Gr. II 62 (vii) Mr. Tapas Sen Jr. Laboratory Attendent Gr. II (viii) Mr. Lubai Hansda Sr. Peon (ix) Mrs. Sarita Chhetri Sr. Peon (x) Mrs. Ram Kumari Yadav Sr. Peon 8. Students Srength Students Male Female Total Part-I 1st Semester 23 12 35 2"d Semester 31 14 45 Part-II 3rd Semester 26 12 38 4th Semester 20 17 37 Seminar/ Conferences attended (Outside the countrv & within the country): Name of the Name of the Seminars/ Teacher Conference Venue& Date Title of the paper presented Pradip (i) Discussion Meeting JNCASR, Bangalore Wide range room Kumar on the Science Using X- February 25-26, 2016 temperature Mand al ray free Electron Laser electroclinicliquid crystal and user meeting of mixture with large induced DESY, Hamburg, tilt and very small layer Germany contraction (ii) Faculty of Science Shiv Nadar Liquid Crystals: Seminar Meeting University, Naida A Simple View on a April 18-19, 2016 Complex System Malay Department of Invited Lecture: "Critical Kumar Das 22nd National Physics, DIT behavior in the vicinity of Conference on Liquid University, Dehradun, nematic-smectic-A and Crystals Uttarakhand during smectic-A-smectic-C phase .21-23, December, transitions from high- 2015 resolution birefringence measurements" 22nd National Department of Effect of achiral phenyl Conference on Liquid Physics, DIT pyrimidine molecule on the Crystals University, Dehradun, phase behaviour and physical Uttarakhand during properties of chiral .21-23, December, orthoconic anti-ferroelectric 2015 esters Bikash (i) 28th Texas Geneva Creation of the Emergent Chandra Symposium in Dec. 14-17, 2015 Universe via wormhole Paul Relativistic Astrophysics (ii) Regional Meeting on IUCAA Resource Creation of EU with Trends and Challenges Centre, Kolkata wormhole in Astronomy Sept. 10-12, 2015 &Astrophysics (iii) AAPCOS-2015 Saha Institute of Cosmology : The past and Nuclear Physics, present Universe Kolkata Oct. 14-15, 2015 Provash Mali (i) Inda-US workshop Indian Institute of 25-30 May 2015 on Time Series Analysis Science Education and Research (USER), Pune: (ii) Department of Jalpaiguri College, 27 ugust 2015 Atomic Energy Outreach Jalpaiguri Programme 10. 0 rgantze. d semmarIC onfl erences: Date of the Seminar/ Name of the Seminar/ Conference Remarks conference IUCAA Sponsored Winter School on General Nov. 23-28, 2015 IUCAA Activity Relativity and its Application Conforence Organized: Department of Atomic August 26, 2015 DAE Energy Outreach Program Contemporary Issues in High-Energy Physics March 21-22, 2016 UGC 11. Publications Year of Name of the Author Name of the Book I Journal I Volume Publication P. K. Mandal - (i) Phase Transitions/88 2015 - :- (ii) AIP Conf. Pr ·ed. /1665 2015 - .-. (iii) J. Phys. And Chem. Of Solids/88 2016 (iv) Mat. Science in.Semicon Processing/46 2016 (v) J. Applied Phys. /119 2016 (vi) Liquid Crvstals/43 2016 (vii) J. Molecular Liquids/221 2016 (viii) RSC Advances/6 2016 ' (ix) AIP Conf. Procd. /1731 2016 (x) Journal of Alloys & compds./672 2016 A. Mukhopadhyay (i) Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications, 2015 Volume: 424 Pages: 25-33 (ii) Physica Scripta 2015 Volume: 90Page: 035209 (13 pages) (iii) Physics of Atomic Nuclei 2015 Volume: 78 (2)Pages: 258-267 (iv) Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications, 2016 Volume: 450 Pages: 223-332 M. K. Das· (i) Liquid Crystals, 42(8), 1083-1094 2015 . (ii) International Journal of Advanced Research, 3(3), 967- 2015 981 (iii) Phase Transitions, 88(7), 745-757 2015 (iv) Materials Research Express, 2, 045015 2015 (v) The European Physical Journal B, 88: 175 (1-5) 2015 _(vi) Soft Materials 13, 201-209 2015 (v) Physica B, 479, 90-95 2015 (vi) Phase Transitions, 89(9), 910 2016 B. C. Paul (i) Astrophys. Space. Sci. 356, 327-337 2015 (ii) Non-linear Dynamics and its application, published by 2015 Book Center (ISBN:978-81-921612-6-6) 240-247 (iii) Research in Astronomy & Astrophysics 2015 64 15, 28-36 (iv) Gravitation and Cosmolo!!V 21, 83-92 2015 (v) Astrophys. Space Sci. 355, 147-153 2015 (vi) Classical and Quantum Gravitv 32, 115001 2015 (vii) Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 2015 Doi: 10.1093/mnras/stv2276 (viiii) Edited Book: Scholars's Press 2015 ISBN 978-3-639-85990-4 pp: 1-177 (ix) An Introduction to Astronomical Data Analysis : ed.- B. 2015 C. Paul Chapter 5, 96-1 14 (x) An Introduction to Astronomical Data Analysis: ed. -B. C. 2015 Paul Chap-7, 149-177 (xi) Astrophvs. Space Sci. (2016) 2016 (xii) Int. Journal of Applied Physics (ISSN 2350-0301) Vol: 2016 3,2 (xiii) Astrophys. & Space Sci. 361, 1 2016 P. Mali (i) Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Volume: 121 Pages: 2015 641--648 (ii) Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications 2015 Volume: 424 Pages: 25-33 (iii) Phvsica Scriota Volume: 90Page: 035209 (13 oa!les) 2015 (iv) Physics of Atomic Nuclei Volume: 78 (2)Pages: 258- 2015 267 (v) Journal of Statistical Mechanic: Theory and Experiment 20-15.:- Volume: NA Page: 013201 (17 pages) (vi) Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications 2016 :.. Volume: 450 Pages: 223-332 Research projects (Major & Minor): Ma"or Research Project Title of the Scheme Project Sanctioned Authoritv Amount of Grant Fabrication and characterization of BRNS(ATC), DAE Rs. 24,96,000 organic field effect transistors with high mobility and stability Evaluation of order parameter critical DST Cost of travel and stay of exponent from electric field induced two scientists for a week director tilt measurement in chiral for doing experiment at smectic A• phase. DESY; Hamburg, PI : Prof. P. K. Mandal Germany l,osmologies with Dark Matter. Dark R<>. 9.09 Lakh energy and modified Gravity UGC PI: Dr. B. C. Paul Experimental studies on the DST relationship between molecular Grant (SB/EMEQ- Rs. 53 lakhs structure and physical properties of 290/2013 dated bent-core mesogens having nematic 11.10.2013): and smectic phases Pl: Dr. M. K. Das Development of high-resolution optical UGC XII Plan Innovative detector for growth monitoring of Research Activities bacteria in liquid culture Scheme Rs. 16 Lakhs PI: M. K. Das and R. Chsakraborty Minor Research Project Title of the Scheme Project Sanctioned Authority 13. Visiting Fellow Not Applicable Name of the Visiting Fellow Duration 14. Any other information (Awards Received) I. Prof. A. Mukhopadhyay : The High-energy Physics group of NBU has been selected as an Associate Member of FAIR-CBM Collaboration (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany) in the year 2016. II. Prof. B. C. Paul : Award of TWAS-UNESCO Associateship extended by one more year (upto Dec. 2017). Recently, DST awarded INDO-SOUTH AFRICAN FLAGSHIP PROGRAMME IN ASTRONOMY - Enhanced Scientific Exchange Programme with South Africa (NBU is one of the member with Jamia, New Delhi, IIT, Chennai and University of Natal, South Africa (2016). Ill. Prof. P. K. Manda!: Delivered an invited popular lecture on "A journey in search of light" on 24, Aug., 2015 to celebrate International Year of Light at North Bengal Science Centre, Siliguri Delivered an invited popular lecture on "The story of the Photon" on 15, Dec., 2015 on the occasion of concluding program of celebration of International Year of Light at North Bengal Science Centre, Siliguri. 66 Department of Tea Science 1. Name of Department : Department of Tea Science 2. Date of Establishment : 1995 3. Introduction of the department : See Annexure 'A' 4. Name of the Faculty Assistant Professor Reader Sr. Lecturer/Lecturer Dr. Sayed Edward Kabir NIL NIL 5. Name of the Research Scholars :NIL 6. Name of the Project Scholars :NIL 7. Name of the Non-Teaching Staff: Name Designation Mr. Nripendra Nath Biswas Office Assistant Mr. Mainak Mukherjee : Soil Analyst Mr. Subash Singh Peon Mrs. Kalpana Subba Jr. Peon 8. Students Strength Students Male Ferriale Total M. Sc. in Tea Science (3rd & 4th Sem) 3 1 4 M.Sc. in Tea Science (ls1 & 2nd Sem) 2 3 5 Postgraduate Diploma in Tea Management (2rd Sem) 14 NIL 14 Postgraduate Diploma in Tea Management (1 st Sem) 26 2 28 9. Seminar/Conferences attended (Outside the Country & Within the Country): None Name of the Name of the Title of the paper Venue & Date Teacher Seminar/Conference ' Presented JO. 0 rgamze. d semmar I con tierences: S ee A nnexure 'B' Name of the Seminar/Conference Date of the Seminar/Conference . 11. Publication: See Annexure ' B' Name of the Name bfthe Year of Publication Author Book/JournalN olume . 12. Research Projects (Major & Minor): Since this is a Self Financed Department and no Permanent faculty is there, no research is conducted. 67 Major Research Pro.iect Title of the Sanctioned Authority - Scheme Project Minor Research Pro.iect Title of the Sanctioned Authority Scheme Project 13 . Visiting Fellow: See Annexure 'C' I I 14. Any other information -Awarded receiyed - None 15. Placement of the students: Session: 2015-2016 1 Deepak Kumar Jha Gillanders Arbuthnot & Co. Ltd. 2 Sabya Sachi Bhadra Gillanders Arbuthnot & Co. Ltd. 3 Marshal Biswakarma Merry View Tea Garden 4 Biju Bage Merry View Tea Garden 5 Gopal Pal Terai Tea Company 6 Bishwanath Dhar Terai Tea Company 7 Santanu Datta Terai Tea Company 8 Jiban Das Duncan Industries Ltd. 9 Bikash Biswakarma Matigara Tea Estate JO Saddam Hussain Adhikari Tea Estate 11 Buddhadev Mishra Bought Leaf Factory 12 Yuwa Pradhan Orange Valley Tea Estate 13 Puian Sunwar Sol)agachi Tea Estate ' 14 Sudip Paul Pathini Tea Estate (Assamr ·- 15 Abhijit Mandol Merry View Tea Estate 16 Swagata Mani TRA, Nagrakata 17 Bibek Thapa Gayaganga Tea Estate 18 Md. Altab ahmed Vivo Skill & Training Annexure 'A' DEPARTMENT OF TEA SGJENCE-UNNERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL A BRIEF RESUME The Department of Tea started at North Bengal University in the year 1995.'Prof. Nurul Hassan, Hon'ble Governor of West Bengal at that time was instrumental in starting the much needed Course in this University, which is situated on the heart of tea belt of Terai region. Initially a Course on Postgraduate Diploma in Tea Management was launched and later in the year 2012, M.Sc. in Tea Science, which is considered to be first of its kind in the world started to cater to the need of the tea industry in a better way. The characteristic features of the presently run Courses are furnished below: 68 1) M.Sc. in Tea Science: It's a two-year Postgraduate Course divided into four semesters. Course fee ·. . (Non-refundable) is Rs 30,000 per semester. Science graduates with Honours in Phxsics, Chemistry,' Botany, Zoology, Biochemistry, Microbiology and B.Sc. Agriculture students are eligible to apply for the · _Course. The students from othe~ Universities require to attend a written test and viva-voce for admission to the Course. Reservation of seats for other Universities is 40%. • Number of Seats: 20 (Twenty) (General category - 11; Reserved for SC Category 22% ~ 5; Reserved for ST category 6% -2; Reserved for BPL/Antyodaya category 3%- 1; Reserved for Physically challenged category 3% - 1;) ' The Course curriculum consists of the following aspects: 1st Semester : i)Tea Culture , Botany & Microbiology ii) Breeding of Tea iii) Biostatistks iv) Basic Principles of Physical Sciences & Instrumentation v) Computer Applications · 2nd Semester : i) Tea Propagation and Nursery Management ii) Young Tea Management iii) Management of Mature Tea iv) Manufacturing & Packaging of Tea 3rd Semester : i) Tea Pests & their Management ii) Soil & Integrated Nutrient Management iii) Tea Industry Waste Management iv) Tea Chemistry & Pharmacology v) Sensory Evaluation & Quality Control of Tea ' 4 1 ~ Semester: i) Legislation & Trade of Tea ii) Ethics & Intellectual Property Rights Accommodation : Hostel facility is available for the M.Sc. students. Admission Test : Distribution of Marks : i) Marks of the Qualifying Exam - 30 marks( maximum). ii) Written Teast - 50 marks. iii) Written Test Marks allocation - Objective type - 20 marks; Essay in English-' 10 marks; Short questions - 20 marks Written test subjects I topics: Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, English, GK, Current affairs,,reasoning etc. Written test time: 1 (one) hour Viva-voce - 20 marks The candidates securing 40 % marks and above in written test will be selected for viva-voce. The ranking of the successful candidates will be made on the basis of the marks of the qualifying examination + the marks obtained in the written test + marks obtained in the viva-voce. 2) Postgraduate Diploma in Tea Management (PGDTM) : This is a one-year postgraduate diploma Course divided into two semesters. Graduate of any discipline is eligible to apply for the Course. Course fee (Non refundable): Rs 40,000 (for Indian students); Rs 50,000( for candidates from other SAARC countries); Rs 80,000 (for candidates from foreign countries other than SAARC countries) Number of Seats : 40 (forty) Indian students : 33 (General 21; Reserved for SC Category 22% - 8; Reserved for ST category 6% -2; Reserved for BPL/Antyodaya category 3%- 1; Reserved for Physically challenged category 3% - 1;) _Reserved for students of other SAARC countries - 2; Reserved for Foreign students ot~er than SAARC countries - 5. The Course curriculum consists of the following aspects: i) Botany of Tea & Tea Nursery ii) Agronomy of Tea iii) Soil & Water Management 69 iv) Pest Management v) General, Aspects of Tea vi) Biochemistry & Tea Manufacture vii) Labour Laws & Management viii) Tea Economics ix) Comput.er Applications · Admission Test : Distribution of Marks : i) Marks·of the Qualifying Exam .- 30 marks (maximum). ii) Written Test - 50 marks. iii) Writt~n Test Marks allocation - Objective type - 20 marks; Essay in English- 10 marks; Short · questions - 20 marks Written test subjects I topics : Botany, Zoology, Chemistry).~nglish, GK, Current affairs, reasoning etc. ~ . . . ,. Written test time : 1 (one) hour Viva-voce - 30 tnarks The candidates securing 40 % marks and above in written test will be selected for viva-voce. Accommodation : This Course.is non-residential. But few seats are available in the University hostel on first come first serve basis. The ranking of. the successful candidates will be made on the basis of the marks of the qualifying examination + the matks obtained in the. written test + marks obtained in the viva-voce. Practical Training : University has a 40- acre tea plantation where students get hands on training. Every · week the students are.taken to various tea gardens for gaining practical knowledge. As per the curriculum, the M.Sc. students need to stay 15 days and the PGDTM students 30 .days in a tea garden as a Residential Training. Role of Tea Board and Planters' Associations : Tea Board provides financial support for the Course every year. All the tea Associations (Indian Tea Association, .Tea Association of India, Indian Tea Planters' Association, Terai Indian Planters' Association) under the Consultative Committee of Planters' Association (CCPA) assists the Department by imparting Residential training to the students free of cost and also helps in placement of the students. · Placement of the students : The Department makes all efforts to get the students jobs in tea gardens and Tea Board, tea research centres and agrochemical companies. So far the percentage of placement is very encouraging. · Faculty : The faculty comprises of the teachers from the tea gardens (mainly tea garden Managers), Executives of the tea associations, teachers from other departments and teachers of the parent Department. 3) SHORT TERM COURSE FOR THE FOREIGN STUDENTS ONE MONTH - INTERNSHIP FOR THE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS: The break up of the curriculum is as follows: i) Seven days' Orientation Course on Tea Science & Management, mainly consisting of theoretical lectures. ii) Seven days' Practical exposure to tea cultivation ~d processing in the tea plantation of North Bengal University as well as the adjacent tea gardens. iii) Seven days' off campus residential training in any commercial tea gardens. 70 Course Fee (Non-refundable)- US$ 500 which includes board and lodging, conveyance to· the tea gardens, study materials, course fee, cost of off-campus training in any commercial tea garden and contingency expenses. OTHER COURSES: This Department has the distinction of conducting Tea Board sponsored Training Program for the Small Tea growers of North Bengal, Bihar and Sikkim. 3-month Training Programme (Refresher Course) was conducted fqr the Assistant Managers of various tea gardens under Andrew Yule & Company Ltd . . ~ In future also there is a plan to conduct Short Term Training Programme I Refresher Courses for the Executives of tea gardens if sufficient number of candidates are available . ._. ..·· TEA BOARD APPROVED SOIL TESTING LABORATORY" In the soil Testing laboratory, soil from various tea gardens of North Bengal, Bihar, Assam and Sikkµn • are analyzed for various parameters viz pH, Organic Carbon, Organic matter, Nitrogen, available · Phosphorus, available Potassium, available Sulphur, texture, EC etc. GUEST FACULTY Dr. M. P. Sinha, Fromer Agronomist, Tocklai Experimental St~tion, Jorhat, Assam Dr. S. Debnath, Former Mycologist, Tocklai Experimental Station, Jorhat, Assam Mr. N. K. Basu, Former Principal Advisor, Indian Tea Planters' Association Mr. V. S. Parmar, Advisor, P. C. Mittal Tea Group Mr. S.S. Selvam, Tea Taster, J. Thomas & Company Pvt. Ltd. Dr. Soumitra Sarkar, Assistant Professor, Alipurduar College Mr. Kamal Kallani, Distributor of American Springs & Pressing Works Mr. C. R. Nayak, Former Head Computer Centre NBU VISITING FACUL TY FROM THE UNIVERSITY Dr. Om Prakash Sharma, Department of Law Dr. Arnab Sen, Department of Botany Prof. A. P. Das, Department of Botany Prof. Ananda Mukhopadhyaya, Department of Zoology Dr. Subhash Chandra Roy, Department of Botany Dr. Pa lash Manda!, Department of Botany Dr. Biswajit Sinha, Department of Chemistry ANNEXURE 'A' LIST OF PUBLICATIONS Sarkar, Satyajit and Kabir, S.E. (2016). Studies on the impact of commonly used herbicides on beneficial soil microbes in Terai tea plantation, West Bengal, India. Annals of Plant Sciences. Volume 5.1. Page no.: 1254-1260. Sarkar, Satyajit and Kabir, S.E. (2016). A field Survey of Sucking Tea Pest and Their Control Measures in Few Tea Gartdens of Terai Region, West Bengal, India. International Journal of Science and Research. Volume 5 Issue 3. Page no.: 1343-1345. Sarkar, Satyajit and Kabir, S.E. (2016). A Field Suniey of Tea Diseases and Their Control Measures in Some Tea Gardens of Terai Region, West Bengal, India. International Journal of Recent Scientific Research. Volume 7 Issue 3. Page no.: 9810-9813. 71 Sarkar, Satyajit; Datta, Satarupa; Roy, Pradipto; Biswas, Hemen and Kabir, S.E. Population dynamics of • Red Spider Mites (Oligonychus coffeae) against synthetic pesticide, bio- pesticide and natural extracts ip Terai region of West Ben.gal, India. International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications. Volume 6 Issue 8. Page no.: 347-354. · Sarkar, Satyajit; Chakraborty, Dipanjana; Chowdhury, Sneha; Santr.a, Priyanka Chakraborty, Bhaskar and • Kabir, S. E. Population dynamics of S9arlet Mites (Brevipalpus p~oenicis) at tea garden against synthetic pesticide; bio-pesticide and natt1ral extracts in Terai region of West Bengal, India. International Journal of Current Research. Volume 8 Issue 9. Page no.: 39275-39279. Bhaduri, Jayanta. Kundu, Pritam. Sayed Edward Kabir, Roy, Subhash Kanti. (2016) Isolation and Characterization of non-symbiotic Nitrogen fixing bacteria (Azotobacter sp) from the tea field soil of Terai region of North Bengal, India. International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Applied Sciences. Vol. 5, No. 8, August, 2016, pp 19-33. ---- Bhaduri Jayanta, Kabie, S.E. (2016) Effect of Azospirillium, Azotobactor and Processed Organic Manure on Growth of Young tea (Camellia sinensis)plant in Terai Region ofW.Bengal. Assam Review and Tea News, July 2016, Vol. 105 No. 5ppl1-17 · Debnath, S. & Kabir. S.E. (2016) Antagonistic behavior of Trichoderma harzianum against Aspergillus flavus and A.niger. Communicated to Two & a Bud, Tocklai Tea Research Institute, Jorhat. Kabir, S.E. (2016) Natural Enemies & Plant ! .:<.tracts for Control of Tea Pests. The Assam Review & Tea · 1 News. Vol 105. No. 11, 26 h March, 2016. pp J 1-19. Kabir, S.E. (2015) Biodynamic preparations, compost and Vermiculture. Published on "The Assam Review & Tea News" Kabir, S.E. (2016) Different types of Looper: Caterpillars found in Tea gardens. The Assam :Review & Tea News. Vol 104. No. 11, 26th January, 2016. pp 15-24 Seminars Organized in the Department Drought Management in Tea - 24. 09.2015 Impact of Commonly used Herbicides on Bneficial Soil Microbes in Terai Tea Region - 07.10.2015 Manufacturing and chemistry oftea-12.02.1026 Vegetative Propagation of Tea- 10.03.2016 Recent Trends in Tea Processing and Food Safety-28.03.2016 Seminar p,,resented outside the University Kabir, S.E. (2015) Role of Adjuvant in tea cultivation. Seminar on Environmental Pollution, Health Hazard and Tea Plantation. Organized by Centre for Indian Small Tea Growers Associations (CIST A) 1 and Back to Life Society at Jalpaiguri on l 5 h November, 2015 72 Department of Zoology I. Name of the Department: Zoology 2. Date of Establishment : 1984 3. Introduction of the Department : The Department of Zoology, University of North Bengal was established in 1984. The Department had Eight Faculty members and 8 Secretarial and Laboratory Personnel. The Department has earned high accolades with the awards of DST-FIST (Faculty Improvement Program) and UGC-SAP (Special Assistant Program) supports apart from independent research projects sponsored by almost all funding authorities of Government of India and Govt. of West Bengal. The Department has identified itself in the specialized fields of (i) Insect pest management including resistance status of tea pests and biopesticide development (ii) Ecology and impact of pollutants/pesticides on aquatic biota including fish fauna (iii) Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in study of human health at chromosomal and DNA levels (iv) Studies on Ornamental Fishes and Integrated Fish Farming in the hills of Darjeeling and plains of North Bengal. Further field extension programmes have been executed in the field of Aquaculture and a Centre named "Fisheries and Training Centre" has been established. The Department has produced more than fifty Ph.D. scholars, most of these have been placed in responsible positions in teaching, research, corporate and governmental services. The Faculty Members h&ve been honoured by various awards such as FNASC, FZSEI, FZS (Calcutta), DBT National Associateships, Overseas Associateship, INSA Exchange collaborateship State honours for book writing Members of different Academic Boards and so on. Scientific contributions of the Faculty Members in terms of project investigation and publication have attained an enviable position. Central and State funded projects have been bagged by the Department from various authorities, such as UGC, CSIR, DST, DBT, DoE &F, NTRF, ICMR, State DST, State DBT and State Department of Fisheries. The Department has published numerous papers in Foreign and National Peer-Reviewed Journals having high Impact factor in some of them. Department of Zoology is proud of having today a sophisticated laboratory marked with almost all precision instruments for conducting advance research like, Phase Contrast Microscope, Magnetic Cell Sorter, PCR, Gel doc, Micro Plate reader, UV Spectrophotometer, HPLC, Ultra Centrifuge and GC-MS. 4. Name of the Faculty: Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Prof. A. Mukhopadhyay (Rtd.) Dr. M. Bahadur Dr. D. Saha Prof Sudip Barat Dr. S. Bhattacharjee Mr. T. Saha Prof. T. K. Chaudhuri (Rtd.) 5. Name of the Research Scholars: (2015-20161 S.No. Name Benoy Kishore Rai Dawa Bhutia Rujas Yonle Ritesh Biswa Sangita Khewa Subba Pokhraj Guha Gautam Debnath 73 6. Name of the Project.Scholars: S.No Name Remarks 1. Aniali Kumari Prasad NTRF Fellow 2. Priyankar Dey ICMR Fellow 3. Uttara Dey Bhowmick UGCBSR 4. Ruksa Nur MANJR Fellow 5. Jayashree Saren RGNF 6. Sutanuka Chattarai UGCBSR 7. Tanmoy Mukhopadhyay UGCBSR 8. Kumar Basnet UGC BSR Fellow 9. Sanjib Sarkar UGCBSR 10. Minu Bharti CSIR-UGC JRF 11. Bappaditva Ghosh UGCBSR 12. Subhashis Paul UGCBSR 13. Tanmoy Dutta UGCBSR 14. Somit Dutta UGCBSR 15. Avisek Das UGCBSR 16. Mrinal Roy UGCBSR 17. Trisita Mazumdar UGCBSR 18. Swati Singh WB-DBT (Project Asst) 7. Name of the Non -teaching Staff: (2014-2015) Name Designation Mr. Subrata Ghosh Sr. Assistant Mr. Sa111iran Ch. Debnath Lab Attendant Mr. Samarendra Nath Ghosh Lab Bearer Mr. Ram Krishna Ghosh Lab Attendant Mr. Sudam Das Peon (Casual) 8. St u d en t Streng th Semester Male Female Total Year 2"d Sem 16 16 32 (2015-2016) 4th Sem I 07 I 19 I 26 (2015-2016) 9. Seminar/Conferences attended:(Outside the Country & Within the Country(2015-2016)] Name of the Name of the Seminar/ Title of the paper Venue and Date teacher Conference presented Prof. Ananda National Symposium on Department of Mukhopadhyay Nanotechnology Zoology, University of Applications in Biological North Bengal. Research for Human February 6-7,2016 Welfare, 74 National Seminar on Department of Botany, UGC Sponsored Global climate change and St. Joseph's College, its impacts on Floral, Darjeeling, Fauna! and Microbial June 2015 biodiversity, Organized by Department of Botany, St. Josheph 's College, Darjeeling in collaboration with Teesta Torsa Agro Care Welfare Society, Kalimpong, June, 2015 Prof. National Symposium on Department of T.K.Choudhuri Nanotechnology Zoology, University of Applications in Biological North Bengal. Research for Human February 6-7,2016 Welfare, Prof. Sudip Advance paractices on fish West Bengal Univ of Water & Soil Quality Barat and shrimp health Animal & Fisheries parameters in relation management for Sciences, Kolkata to Fish Health: Its sustainable aquaculture March 22, 2016 · importance . National Symposium on Department of Nanotechnology Zoology, University of Applications in Biological North Bengal. Research for Human February·6-7,2016 Welfare, Dr. Min National Symposium on Department of Bahadur Nanotechnology Zoology, University of Applications in Biological North Bengal. Research for Human February 6-7, 2016 Welfare, Dr. Soumen National Symposium on Department of Bhattacherjee Nanotechnology Zoology, University of Applications in Biological North ~engal. Research for Human February 6-7, 2016 Welfare, National Conference on Department of genetic diversity "Natural resources, Zoology, University of analyses of badis badis diversity . & sustainable North Bengal. (hamilton-buchanan, development" . December 11-12, 1822) m the sub Organfzed by Foundation 2015. himalayan dooars for science and region of west bengal, environment, kolkata and india. West Bengal Biodiversity Board 1 Mr. Dhiraj 4 " · Congress on Insect Department of Genetic variation Saha Science Entomology, Punjab among different Agricultural populations of Unlversity, Ludhiana, Helopeltis theivora Punjab, April 16-17 Waterhouse (Miridae: 75 2015. Hemiptera), a m,ajor suking pest of tea from Northeast India Science m Bengal" a University of North Satellite Conference of Bengal, June 3-4, '22nd West Bengal State 2015 . Science and Technology Congress 2015' National Conference on Department of Genetic Diversity of "Advances in Biology: Zoology, Kalimpong Scirtothrips dorsalis Eastern Himalayan college, Kalimpong, Hood, an important perspective" West Bengal. October sucking insect pest of 3-4, 2015, tea, through RAPD- PCR from different tea plantations of sub- Himalayan West Bengal National Conference on Department of Variation in esterase "Advances m Biology: Zoology, Kalimpong activity among Eastern Himal ayan college, Kalimpong, different sub- perspective" West Bengal. October Himalayan populations 3-4,2015, of Stegomyia (=Aedes) aegypti L Mr. Tilak Saba Asutosh College centenary Department of Fishery, "on' Fish talk on'Fish Immunology' Asutosh College, Immunology' Kolkata On November 19th 2015 - National Conference on Department of "Isolation of multiple "Natural Resources, Biotechnology, NBU antibiotic resistant Diversity and Sustainable I 1 - 12 December, Salmonella strains .. ... Development" 2015 Kaziranga National Park"" On Zoology Practical Part North Bengal St. II (NBU Syllabus) Xavier's College, Jalpaiguri, 1oth October, 2015 On "Contemporary Department of Laboratory and Field Zoology, APCR Go. Courses in Zoological College, Siliguri,22"d Science" Nov.- pt Dec., 2015 National Conference on Department of "Molecular "Natural Resources, Biotechnology, NBU, Characterization of Six Diversity and Sustainable 11 - 12 December, Novel Decomposers Development" 2015 Isolated from the Gut of Eisenia fetida National Conference on Department of Modulation of "Natural Resources, Biotechnology, NBU, Coelomocyte Diversity and Sustainable 11 - 12 December, Phagocytic Behavior in Development" 2015 Eisenia fetida in response to Bacillus thuringiensis Infection" "Man and Microbes" Department of Microbiology, Raiganj University, 28-291h March, 2016 10. 0 rgamze. d s em marIC on fierence Name of the Seminar/ Date of the Seminar/ Conference Conference National Symposium on February 6-7,,2016 UGC General Dev. Nanotechnology Applications m Fund Biological Research for Human Welfare, Depaitment of Zoology, University of North Bengal. National Conference on "Natural Department of Zoology, resources, diversity & sustainable University of North Bengal. development" Organized by Foundation December 11-12, 2015. fo r science and environment, kolkata and West Bengal Biodiversity Board Skill Upgradation on Processing of Fish 13th ana 14th August 2015 WBUAFS, Kolkata and Fishery Products, Fisheries Research & Training Centre, Department of Zoology, University of North Bengal 11. Publications: Name of the Ye:!r of Name of the Book I Journal/volume Author(s) publication Prof Ananda Pesticide Resistance in Insect and Mite Pests of Tea in Sub- 2016 . Mukhopadhyay Himalayan Terai-Dooars Plantations: Status, Detection and Possible Management. In : Tea Technologies Initiatives. Eds., Niladri Bag, Arundhati Bag and L.M.S. Palni, New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi. Pp. 91-122 I Journal of Asia-Pacific EntomoloSiv. 19: 167-172. 2016 Applied Microbiolo!IV and Biotechnology, 100: 4831-4844. 2016 NBU Journal of Animal Sciences. 9: 1-8. 2015 Journal of Applied Bioscience. 41(2): 163- 167. 2015 Journal of Current Research and Academic Review. 3(8): 81- 2015 87. Annals de la Societe entomologique de France. 55(2): 145-152. 2615 Proceedings of National Academic of Sciences, India Section 2015 B: Biological Sciences. DOI: l 0.1007/s40011-015-0532-y. (Impact Factor: 0.396) (Springer) International Journal of Pest Management Vol. 61(3): I 79-197 2015 / Prof. T. K. Chemico-Biological Interactions. 235(7):37-46. 2016 Human Immunolo!IV. 76(11):789-94. 2016 Chaudhuri ·- Pharmaceutical Biology I I 04 702. 2016 l. Cytotechnolo!!v, I -I 3. 2015 77 J Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology. 2015 Food and Agricultural Immunology, 1-13. 2015 Indian J Pharmacology. 47(4):447-450 2015 Frontiers in Molecuklar Biosciences. 2: 1-5. 2015 Cytotechnology, 1-13. 2015 J Basic Clin Phvsiolo Pharmaco,. 26(4): 395-401. 2015 Food and Agricultural lmmunolo!!V, 1-13. 2015 BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 15:107. 2015 Human Genetics. 1-11. 2015 Journal ofEthnopharmacology, 161 128-137. 2015 Prof.(Dr.) International Journal of Pure & Applied Sciences, 3(1): 247- 2015 Sudip Barat 256 International Journal of Science and Research, 4(6): 2565-2569 2015 International Journal of Applied Research, 1(9): 424-435 2015 European Journal of Biotechnolo!!V and Bioscience, 3(9): 12-17 2015 International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and 2015 Development 2 (10): 507-509 International Journal of Recent Scientific Research, 6 (10): 2015 3931-3935 - European Journal of Lxperimental Biology, 5(10): 46-48 2015 Journal of Entomology and Zoolo12:v Studies, 3(6): 183-188 2015 International Journal of Current Research, 7( 11 ): 22208-22215 2015 Our Nature, 13(1): 50-57 2015 NBU Journal of Animal Sciences , 9: 21-25 2015 NBU Journal of Animal Sciences, 9: 15-19 2015 International Journal of Pure & Applied Science, 3(1): 247-256 2015 International Journal of Aoolied Research, 1 (11): 767-768 2015 International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience, 4 (2): 9-16 2016 International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience, 4(3): 144- 2016 153 International Journal of Research in Fisheries and Aquaculture, 2016 6(2): 26-31 International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies, 4(1 ): 2016 209-2013 A synthetic Hormone enabled procwss of captive breeding of 2016 genus Barillius, Patent aplication No. 201631003059 A, Date ' of filing application : 28.01.2016 and publication Dr. Min Journal of Genetics 95(2): 399-409. 2015 Bahadur NBU Journal of Animal Sciences 9: 27-32(ISSN 0975-1424) 2015 Int. J. Sci. Res. 4(6): 2565-2569. ISSN (Online):2319-7064 I 2015 India. Int. J. Fisheries and Aquatic Studies 3(2): 17-23. 2015 Int. J. Current Research and Academic Review. 3(8): 81-87. 2015 Dr. Soumen North Bengal University Journal of Animal Sciences 9: 9-13. 2015 Bhattacherjee Virus Adaptation and Treatment 7: 57-66. 2015 Human Immunology 76: 789-794. 2015 International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies 3(2): 17- 2015 23. .. International Journal of Aquaculture 5 (27): 1-10. 2015 International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 2015 7 (7): 30-39. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology 33 (4): 491-495. 2015 Dr. Dhiraj International Journal of Tropical Insect Science. 36(3 ): 106- 2016 Saha 118. Insecticide resistance Edited by Stanislav Trdan, In Tech 2016 Europe, Riieka, Croatia, ISBN 978-953-51-4591-2. Proceedings of Zoological Society 68 (2): 184-188. 2015 Mr. Tilak Saha Nil Research Pro.iects (Ma_jor & Minor): Mai or Research Pro· ect Name of the Sanctioned Title of the Scheme Project teacher Authoritv Prof. Ananda NIL Mukhopadhyay Prof. Study of the frequency and Indian Council of Continued T.K.Choudhuri distribution and Toll like receptor Medical Research (TLR) genes and Killer cell (ICMR) Immunoglobulin like receptor (KIR.) . in Gurkha and Rajbanshi population of Sub - Himalayan region of West Bengal. Prof.(Dr.) 1)"Establishment of Rural Bio- DBT, New Delhi Continued Sudip Barat resource Complex in North Bengal" 2)" Formulation of Probiotics for DBT, Govt. of Continued Major and Minor Carps" West Bengal Dr. Min Pesticide Residue Analyses of River West Bengal Continued Bahadur Water flowing through the Tea Department of . gardens of Terai reg10n of North Biotechnology Bengal and in the tissues of the (Pl) riverine fishes with a special Period: 2014- emphasis on molecular 2017 characterization and phylogenetic analyses of cytochrome p450 involved in pesticide metabolism. Dr. Soumen Estimation of Genetic Diversity of UGC Reference Bhattacherjee Threate11ed Fishes of Ornamental No.: 40-289/2011. Values in Terai and_Dooars region of Period: 2011- West Bengal. [Major] 2014 Pesticide residue analyses of river West Bengal water flowing through the tea gardens Department of of Terai region of North Bengal and Biotechnology in the tissues of the riverine fishes (Co-Investigator) with a special emphasis on Period: 2014- molecular characterization and 2017 phylogenetic analyses of Cytochron:ie P450 involved lD pesticide metabolism. rMajorl Mr. Dhiraj Nil Saha Mr. Tilak Saha Nil Minor Research Pro.iect Name of the Title of the Scheme Sanctioned Authority teacher Project Prof. Ananda Nil Mukhopadhyay Prof. Nil T.K.Choudhuri Prof.(Dr.) Sudip Nil Ba rat Dr. Min Nil Bahadur Dr. Soumen Nil Bhattacherjee Mr. Dhirai Saha Nil Mr. Tilak Saha Nil 13. Visitin Fellow: NIL Name of the Visitin Fellow Duration 14. Any other information (Award received): Nil 80 ARTS, COMMERCE & LAW De.partment of Bengali 1 . Name of the Department -':3engali 2. Date of Establishment 1965 3. Introduction of the Department : The Department of Bengali commenced its journey from 8111 February 1965, three years after the establishment of the University of North Bengal. The basic objectives were the promotion of Vernacular education, systematic and scholarly study of Bengali literature and language and regional languages & literature as well. In its long journey of last 51 years, it has most commendably performed its duties and successfully fulfilled its purpose. At the outset the Department was started with two teachers and thirteen students in its present location. Over the years, the number of Students, Research Scholars and Teachers have increased. It is now running with ninety three students in each part and six teachers. It has firmly established its worth in teaching and research in the field of Bengali language and literature. 4. Name of the Faculty Professor ; 4 Associate Professor : NIL Assistant Professor : 2 • SI.No. Name Designation 1. Dr. Subodh Kumar Jash Professor 2. Dr. Manjula Bera Professor 3. Dr. Nikhil Chandra Ray Professor 4. Dr. Dipak Kumar Roy Assistant Professor 5. Dr. Utpal Manda! Professor 6. Dr. Tapan Manda! Assistant Professor 5. Name of the Research Scholars 40 6. Name of the Project Scholars NIL 7. Name of the Non-Teaching Staff SI. No. Name Designation 1. Rajiv Goswami Senior Assistant. 2. Ramesh Chandra Singha Jr. Peon 8. Students Strength Students Male Female Total Session 2015-16 Part-I 1st Sem. 2 11d Sem. 27 64 91 Part- II 3rd Sem. 4th Sem. 27 58 85 81 9. Seminar/Conference attended (Outside the Countr & Within the Country): Name of the Name of the Title of the paper Venue & Date teacher Seminars/conference presented Prof. Subodh I. Attended UGC Sponsored Department of Bengali, Kumar Jash International Seminar on 25- University of North Bengal 26 February, 2016 on "Bish 25-26 February, 2016 Sataker ·· Sbat-Sattar Dasak(1960 - 1979) : Samay 0 Sristi" Prof. Manjula I . Attended International 1. Rabindra Bhanu I. Gabeshana Bera Seminar on 18-19 September, Mancha, University of Paddhati 2015 on Manisbi Thakur North Bengal, on 18-19 Bangla Bhasha Pancbanan Barma organized September, 2015. Sahitye by Thakur Panchanan Smarak Samity, Siliguri and Manishi Thakur Panchanan Barma Janma Sardha Satabarsha Udjapan Committee 2015, Siliguri in Collaboration with Centre for Studies in Local Languages and Cultures, North Bengal University. .;; . 2. A Lecture delivered as a 2. UGC Human Resource Resource Person in the Short Development Centre Term Course on Reseacb (Erstwhile UGC Academic Method for Scholar (Inter - Staff College), University dis~iplinary) during December of North Bengal 17 '- 23, 2015 in the HRDC on 19th December, 2015 premises organised by the UGC Human Resource Development Centre (Erstwhile UGC Academic Staff College), University of North Bengal. 3. Attended UGC Sponsored 3. Department of Bengali, International Seminar on 25- University of North Bengal 2§ feJ>ruary, 2016 on "Bish on 25-26 February, 2016 Sa taker Shat-Sattar Dasak(1960 - 1979) : Samay 0 Sristi" 4. Attended UGC Sponsored 4. Seminar Hall, National Seminar On Humanities Building, 'Women, Environment & University of North Science' on 29-30 March, Bengal on 29-30 March, 2016 and Chaired in the 2016. Technical Session - IV on 30th March 2016 organized by Centre for Women's Studies, Universitv of North 82 Bengal. 5. Attended a National 5. Hotel Sinclairs, Siliguri 1 Level Seminar on the issue of on 16 " August, 2015. 'Local Self Government, Democracy and Importance of the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Act' OB 16th August, 2015 organized by Siliguri Municipal Corporation, Siliguri Dr. Nikhil 2. Attended UGC Sponsored Department of Bengali, Chandra Ray International Seminar on 25- University of North Bengal 26 February, 2016 on "Bish 25-26 February, 2016 Sataker Shat-Sattar Dasak (1960 - 1979) : Samay 0 Sristi Dr. Dipak 3. Attended UGC Sponsored Department of Bengali, Kumar Roy International Seminar on 25- University of North Bengal 26 February, 2016 on "Bish 25-26 February, 2016 Sataker Shat-Sattar Dasak (1960 - 1979) : Samay 0 Sristi" Dr.Utpal 4. Attended UGC Sponsored Department of Bengali, Manda! International Seminar on 25- University of North Bengal 26 February, 2016 on "Bish 25-26 February, 2016 Sataker Shat-Sattar Dasak (1960 - 1979) : Samay 0 Sristi" Dr. Tapan 5. Attended UGC Sponsored Department of Bengali, Manda! International Seminar on 25- University of North Bengal 26 February, 2016 on "Bish 25-26 February, 2016 Sataker Shat-Sattar Dasak (1960 - 1979) : Samay 0 Sristi" 10. 0 rgamze. d sem marIC on fierence: Name of the Seminar/ Date of the Seminar/ Conference Conference UGC Sponsored 25-26 February, 2016 International Seminar on "Bish Sataker Shat- Sattar Dasak(1960 - 1979) : Samay 0 Sristi" J 83 11. Publication : Year of Name of the Author Name of the Book/JournalNolume Publication Prof. Subodh Kumar Jash Prof. Manjula Bera 1 Dou lat Kajir Lorchandrani 0 Satimayna : Parjalochana 2015 0 Mulyayan published from Bangiya Sahitya Sansad, 11 A, Bankim Chatterjee Street, Kolkata - 73 (Book) 2. Baishnav Padablir Bhasasaili published from Bangiya 2016 Sahitya Sansad, 11 A, Bankim Chatterjee Street, Kolkata - 73 (Book) 3. Aashapurna Devir 'Aayojan' : Natun Bhavna Grahaner July, 2015 Prastutir Aalekhya published in 'Galpakatha : Prasanga Aashapurna Devir Nirbachita Chhotagalpa' (Book) Edited by Samaresh Majumder and Tapan Manda! & Published by Vidya, 11 Raja Rammohan Roy Road, Navapally, Barasat, Kolkata- 700126. (Article) 4. Jamidar Rabindranath : Sristi 0 Karmer Bandhane 2016 published in Bangla Bibhagiya Patrika, Department of Bengali, University of North Bengal. (Article) 5. Satirnoyna 0 Lorechandrani :Ekti Tulanarnulak 2016 Aalochana published in Visvabharati Patrika, (Editor - Prof. Arnitrasudan Bhattacharya) Visva Bharati Granthan Bibhag, 6 Acharya Jagadish Chandra Basu Road, Kolkata - 700017. (Article) 6. Rabindranather Kalarne Kalidas 0 Tanr Sahitya-Kriti : 2016 Ekti Anusandhani Sarniksha published in Visvabharati Patrika, Visva Bharati Granthan Bibhag, 6 Acharya Jagadish Chandra Basu Road, Kolkata - 17. (Article) 7. Narayan Dev-er 'Padmapuran'-e Bishay 0 Silpa 2015 Katharnor Baichitrya published in Oikik Patrika, D. B. C. Road, Jalpaiguri and edited by Mithun Datta & Editorial Board. Prof. Utpal Mandal 1. BANGLA PROBANDHA PATH 0 BISLESHON 2016 (Jointly Edited), published from GRANTHOTIRTHO (Book) 12. R esearc h P ro1ec. t s (Ma1or . & M.mor: ) Major Research Project Title of the Scheme Project Sanctioned Authority I NIL Minor Research Project Title of the Scheme Project Sanctioned Authority NIL 84 13. v·ISi 'f mg F e II ow: Name of the Visiting Fellow Duration NIL 14. Any other information (Award Received) NIL 85 Department of Commerce Papers presented in Seminars & Name of the Faculty Members Articles Published Conferences Prof. Palas R. Sengupta 3 0 Prof. Indrajit Ray 8 0 Prof. SamirendraNath Dhar 2 0 Prof. Hirak Rav 1 0 Prof. Debabrata Mitra 3 11 Prof. Dipen Roy 1 3 Dr. Debasis Bhattacharva 4 0 Total 22 14 Detail List of Publications Publications by Prof. Palas R. Sengupta 1. "An Empirical Study of the Influence of the work itself on the Motivation of School Teachers" Amity Business Review (ISSN: 0972-2343), Vol.l 7, No.1, Jan -June 2016 with co-author Debarshi Roy. 2. 'An Empirical Study of the workplace happiness of Doctors in North Bengal', Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, ISSN:0975-6795, Vol.7,No.1, January-March, 2016 with co-authors Mamta Prasad and Debarshi Roy 3. "An Empirical Study of the Influence of colleagues on the Motivation of Teachers" in "'Challenges in Teacher Education", December, 2015 (Invited Article) with co-author Debarshi Roy. Publications by Prof. lndrajit Ray, I. Dynamics of Bengal coal mining in the nineteenth century: Dissemination of mineralogical knowledge and railway networking', Indian Economic and Social History Review, Vol. 52, No. 4, 2015, pp. 463-499 2. 'The Great Divergence' Revisited: The Case of Bengal in Early Modem Times', Economic History of Developing Regions, Volume 30, Issue 2, DOI: 10.1080/20780389.2015.1071662, pp. 125-156 3. 'The myth and reality of de-industrialisation in early modem India', in Latika Chaudhary, Bishnupriya Gupta, Tirthankar Roy, Anand V. Swamy (eds), A new economic history of colonial India, Routledge, London and New York, 2015, pp. 52-66. 4. 'Indigo in Bengal', in Helaine Selin (ed.), Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, 3rd edition, DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-3934-5_10260-l, Springer, Berlin and New York, 2015 5. 'Jute in Bengal', in Helaine Selin (ed.), Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, 3rd edition, DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-3934-5_10258-l, Springer, Berlin and New York, 2015 6. 'Salt in Bengal', in Helaine Selin (ed.), Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, 3rd edition, DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-3934-5_10029-l, Springer, Berlin and New York, 2015 86 7. Shipbuilding in Bengal', in Helaine Selin (ed.), Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, 3rd edition, DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-3934-5 _l 0261-1, Springer, Berlin and New York, 2015 8. 'Silk in Bengal', in Helaine Selin (ed.), Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, 3rd edition, DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-3934-5_10259-I, Springer, Berlin and New York, 2015 Publications by Prof. Samirendranath Dhar, I. Business Correspondents as Catalysts of Financial Inclusion- Empirical Evidences from North Bengal, (coauthor S. Sarkar), International Journal of Banking Risk and Insurance, Vol 4 (1), March 2016, ISSN 2320-7507. 2. J\ wareness and Risk Perception of A TM Card Users: An Empirical Investigation, (coauthor P. Dhar), International Journal of Research in Computer Application and Management , Vol 5 (9), September 2015, ISSN 2231-1009, double blind reviewed and indexed at Ulrich Periodicals Directory USA, Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities, USA and Index Copernicus, Poland, Publications by Prof. Hirak Ray ' Integration of Domestic Financial Markets: An Indian Experience'; (with co-author A. Lahiri and D. Dey); Asian Journal of Research in Banking and Finance, Vol.5, No.IO, Oct.2015, ppl-19, ISSN: 2249- 7323(online). DOI: 10.5958/2249-7323.2015.00121.2 Publications by Prof. Debabrata Mitra, I. Latest Trends in Management, Economics & Social Sciences" published by the Department of Business Administration, Siliguri Institute of Technology (A Unit of Techno India Group), November, 2015, pp. 97 - 109 (Co-authored with Ms. Piyali Chandra Khan), ISBN: 978-93-5235-998-1. 2. Published a Research Paper entitled "A Study on Intellectual Capital and Performance of Life Insurance Companies Operating in India" in the quarterly Journal of Management Development, Vol. 46, No. 3-4, July-Dec. 2015, pp. 15-23 (Co-authored with Ms.Piyali Chandra Khan), ISSN: 0048-6175. 3. Published a Research Paper entitled "A Study on Technical Efficiency of Life Insurance Companies Operating in India in the Post Liberalized Regime - A Dynamic Panel Approach" in the Indian Journal of Commerce, vol. 68, No. 3, July-September, 2015, pp. 16-27, ISSN: (Print) 19-512X, (Online) 2454- 6801 (Co-authored with Ms. Piyali Chandra Khan). Publications by Dr. Debasis Bhattacharya I. Spousal purchase decision making in metropolis incorporating the moderating effect of product involvement and brand trust: A binary logistic approach, GE- International Journal of Management Research (GE-IJMR) ISSN: 2394-4226, 2016 co-authored by Mr. D Saha. (Accepted for publication) 2. J\ Comparative Assessment of Two Important Destinations in India in an IPA Framework, Journal of Exclusive Management Science-JEMS (ISSN-2277 5684) Vol. 4 No. 2, pp. 1-7 Impact Factor: 2.78, 20 15, Co-author: Mr . S. Dey 3. Ilow satisfied are our bank customers? An Analysis of Performance of Banks in an IPA Framework, Indian Journal of Scientific Research-IJSR -- (ISSN: 2277- 8179) Vol. 4 No. 2, pp 15-17, Impact Factor: 1.8651, 2015, Co-author: Mr. S. Dey 4. Do Store Attributes Discriminate Between Store Formats? A Binary Logistic Approach Using Dur.imy, vol.4 (11), 2015, ISSN: 2277-8160, Co-author: Mr. S. Dey. 87 Publications by Prof. Dipen Roy 1. Education, Economic Growth and Skill Development: An Empirical Study to Explore Effective Educational and Skill Development Methods for Growth and Prosperity of the Nation, University News, May, 2016, ISSN: 0566-2257 List of Papers Presented in Seminars and Conferences Papers Presented by Prof. Debabrata Mitra 1. Presented a paper entitled "The Impact of Information Technology on Commerce & Management: Evidence from Indian Life Insurance Industry" under the subtheme of Corporate Governance, Business Ethics & Business Analytics in the 6th National Business Research Conference on "Latest Trends in Management, Economics & Social Sciences'', LTMES - 2015 organized by Department of Business Administration, Siliguri Institute of Technology, A Unit of Techno India Group held on 21st November, 2015 (Co-authored with Ms. Piyali Chandra Khan). 2. Acted as a technical chairperson on Human Capital in the 6th National Business Research Conference on "Latest Trends in Management, Economics & Social Sciences", LTMES - 2015 organized by Department of Business Administration, Siliguri Institute of Technology, A Unit of Techno India Group heid on 2I5t November, 2015. 3. Presented a paper entitled "Women Emr )Werment through Microfinance in West Bengal with Special Reference to Jalpaiguri District" at the National Seminar on Emerging Issues in Accounting & Finance organized by the Department of Commerce, University of Kalyani and Board of Studies, Institute of Chartered Accountants oflndia, New Delhi held on 20th November, 2015. 4. Chaired a Technical Session IV at the National Seminar on Emerging Issues in Accounting & Finance organized by the Department of Commerce; University of Kalyani and Board of Studies, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, New Delhi held on 201h November, 2015. 5. Presented a paper entitled "Business Education and Skill of Employability: An Empirical Study on East and West Midnapore Districts of West Bengal", at the 68th All India Commerce Conference organized by Vinoba Bhabe University, Hazaribag held on 6th - gth November, 2015 (co-authored with Dr. Debasish Biswas). 6. Presented a paper entitled "A Study on Influence of Behavioral Finance on Investors Preference towards Unit Linked Life Insurance Policies in India" at the 68th All India Commerce Conference organized by VinobaBhabe University, Hazaribag held on 6th - 81h November, 2015 (co-authored with Ms. Piyali Chandra Khan). 7. Presented a paper entitled "Skill Development of Rural Artisans in this Globalized Regime: A Case 1 Study with Special Reference to Three Districts of West Bengal" at the 68 h All India Commerce 1 Conference organized by Vinoba Bhabe University, Hazaribag held on 6 h - 8th November, 2015. 8. Presented a paper entitled "A Study on Smart Cities of North East India with Special Reference to Contemporary Digital India Initiatives" at the 68th All India Commerce Conference organized by Vinoba Bhabe University, Hazaribag held on 6th - gth November, 2015 (co-authored with Mr. Sanmoy Mallick). 9. Presented a paper entitled "Make in India: The Challenges Ahead" at the National Seminar Organised by Indian Association for Management Development, Lucknow in association with Impact College, Patna held on 4111 November 2015. I 0. Presented a paper entitled "Challenges & Responsibilities of Human Rights in this Globalized Regime with Special Reference to India" in the National Seminar on "Human Rights: Challenges & 88 Responsibilities" organized by the Teachers' Council, Saldiha College, Saldiha, Bankura, West Bengal held on gtti - 9th October 2015. 11. Presented a paper entitled "Financial Inclusion: A Way to Empowerment of Women in Rural India" at the UGC Sponsored National Level Seminar on "Financial Inclusion: Challenges & Prospects" organized by Department of Commerce, Maida College, Maida, in collaboration with the Institute of Cost 1 Accountants oflndia held on 12° - 13th September 2015 (co-authored with Ms. Piyali Chandra Khan). Papers Presented by Prof. Dipen Roy I. Presented a paper entitled "FDI and GDP growth" in UGC sponsored National Seminar on 'Regional Imbalances and Sustainable Development in India with Special Reference to North Eastern Region' organised by Siliguri College of Commerce on February 20 - 21, 2016. 2. Presented a paper entitled "Organizing PRI in West Bengal" in UGC sponsored National Seminar on 'Regional Imbalances and Sustainable Development in India with Special Reference to North Eastern Region' organised by Siliguri College of Commerce on February 20 - 21, 2016. 3. Presentation of paper entitled Skill Development, Business Education & Economic Growth: An Empirical Study to Explore Factors and Methods of Skill Development at the 68th All India Commerce Conference organized by Vinoba Bhabe University, Hazaribag held on 6th - gth November, 2015 89 Department of Economics 1. Name of the Department Economics 2. Date of Establishment 01.06.1962 3. Introduction of the Department 06.11.1962 4. Name of the Faculty SI. Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor No 1 J. Sankrityayana - - 2 Dr. K. K. Bagchi - - 4 Dr. Sanchari Roy Mukherjee - - 5 - Ms. Sudakshina Ray - 6 - Dr. K. Datta 7 Mr. T. R. Majumdar 8 - - Dr. G. Choudhury 9 - - Mr. Karan Tamang 5. Name of the Research Scholars: Sl. Name Status of the Scholars Remarks No. - 1. Sheela Karjee Rajiv Gandhi Fellow UGC 2. Yankey Sherpa Rajiv Gandhi Fellow UGC 3. Edgar Clement Mukhia Maulana Azad National Fellowship for Minority UGC Student 4. Archana Tamang Maulana Azad National Fellowship for Minority UGC Student Dr. Minakshi Das 5. ICSSR Post- Doctoral Fellow ICS SR - 6. Priyanka Muchahary National Fellowship for Higher Education UGC (NFHE) of ST Students (01.04.2016) 7. Adit Pariyar Raj iv Gandhi National Fellowship (01.04.2016) UGC 8. Binita Rai National Fellowship for Students of Other UGC Backward Classes (OBC) (01.04.2016) - 9. Alen Lama Maulana Azad National Fellowship for Minority UGC Student (01.04.2016) 6. Name of the Project Fellow Mr. Sailesh Chettri (SAP DRS -III) 7. Name of the Non-Teaching Staff a) Shri. Nayanjyoti Das Roy (Jr. Assistant cum typist) b) Smt. Dolly Dey (Senior Peon) 8. s tu d ents s treni t h Total Class Semester Male Female - Part - I 1st Sem. 8 22 30 2"d Sem 15 15 29 Part - II 3rd Sem 9 13 22 4 111 Sem 11 13 24 90 9. Seminar I Conferences attended (Outside the Countrv & Within the Country): Name of Name of the Seminar/ the Titled of the Paper Conference Venue & Date Teacher presented Prof. K. K. !."Issues in Nutrition Jointly organized by National Chaired Technical Bagchi Security Affecting Campaign on Nutrition for Session II on 'Dalit Dalits and Adivasis" Dignity (NCND), National Voices from Grassroots Confederation of Dalit and on Nutrition Services Adivasi Organizations Delivery and Strategies (NACDOR) in partnership and Solutions for with Global Alliance for "Inclusive Nutrition Improved Nutrition (GAIN) security'" and Department of Lifelong Leaming and Extension (DLLE), University of North Bengal on 19th November 2015. 2. Three-day Training of Organized by the Department Chaired Technical Trainers (TOT) of Lifelong Leaming & Session II on Programme on Extension (DLLE), 'Panchayat Finance in Panchayat and Rural University of North Bengal, West Bengal: Development on 21.12.2015. Challenges and Possibilities for Financial Autonomy' 3. UGC-sponsored Organized by the Department "Usefulness and need of National Seminar on of Economics, North Bengal Scholarship by Upper Contemporary University on 21st December Primary students - A Regional 2015 Case Study of West Development: Issues Bengal" jointly with and Challenees Sourav Roy 4. UGC-sponsored Organized by the Department "Educational Status of National Seminar on of Economics, North Bengal Socially Backward and Contemporary University on 21 st December Forward Students in Regional 2015 Kalimpong Town: A Development: Issues Comparative Study" and Challenges jointly with Raju Sharma (Dahal) 5. UGC-sponsored Organized by the Department "Usefulness and need of National Seminar on of Anthropology, North Scholarship by Upper Anthropology and Bengal University on 23rd P:-imary students - A Society December 2015 Case Study of West Bengal" jointly with Sourav Roy 6. UGC-sponsored Organized by the Department "Educational Status of National Seminar on of Anthropology, North Socially Backward and Anthropology and Bengal University on 23rd Forward Students in Society December 20 I 5. Kalimpong Town: A Comparative Study" -~- jointly with Raju Shanna 91 (Dahal) 1 7. 98 h Annual Organized by Centre for 'Economic Growth and Conference of the Economic & Social Studies, employment in India - a Indian Economic Hyderabad on 27-29 Critical Review' jointly Association December 2015 with Bhajan Barman and Ratul Saha 8. UGC-sponsored Organized by Departments of 'Variations in Physical national Seminar on Economics and commerce, Performance of SHGs - 'Role of SHGs as a Dinhata College on 19th A Study of West Catalyst in Increasing December 2015. Bengal', jointly with Rural Livelihood' Ratul Saha 9. UGC-sponsored · Organized by Departments .of 'Microfinance and national Seminar on Economics and commerce, Financial Inclusion in 'Role of SHGs as a Dinhata College on 19th Nadia District, West Catalyst in Increasing December 2015. Bengal', jointly with Rural Livelihood' · Bhajan Chandra Barman 10. UGC-sponsored Organized by Equal "Social Justice through Short Term Course on Opportunity Cell, ABN Seal Positive Discrimination "Positive Discrimination College, Cooch Behar, West in India: An of SC/ST in National Bengal, on 16/02/2016_. Assessment" Development" 11. UGC-sponsored Organized by Department of Chaired Technical National Seminar on Economics, West Bengal Session IB on "Financial "Contemporary · State University, Barasat on and Social Exclusion and Development Issues on 01-02, March 2016. Livelihood Generation" - Indian Economy" 12. "Contemporary Organized ·by Department of Delivered a Special Development Issues" Economics, Raiganj Lecture on "Role of University, on 19th March Equal Opportunity in 2016. Educational Attainment: A Case Study of West Bengal" 13. "Contemporary Organized by Department of Chaired Technical Development Issues" Economics, Raiganj SessiOn on "Poverty, University, on 19th March Inequality and ·2016. . Development" 14. "Ecoregional& Organized by the Department "Migration and Human Development of Economics, University of Trafficking from Sick Perspectives in Regional North Bengal, 29-30 March and Closed Tea Gardens Economics" · 2016. of Duars Region - A Diagnosis". Sanchari UGC SAPDRS.ill organized by Department of Seminar Director and Roy National Seminaron Eco~ornics, North Bengal Presented paper on Mukherjee 'Ecoregiona/.& Human Univer_sity, .29-JO_March 'Wage Determination Development 2016 and Wage Perspectives in Discrimination in the Tea Regional Economics ', Plant~tions of North Bengal', ,,. Sanchari UGC Sponsored held on 3-4 December, 2015 Special Lecture delivered Roy National Seminar on at Tufangunj Mah~vidyalaya, on invitation and Session Mukherjee Employment Guarantee Coochbehar, West Bengal. Chairperson and Rural Regeneration: An Avvraisal Sanchari UGC Sponsored held on 3-4 December, 2015 Keynote address and Roy National Seminar on at Tufangunj Mahavidyalaya, Session Chairperson Mukherjee Women's Coochbehar, West Bengal. Empowerment: Issues and Challen)!es _: Sanchari UGC SAP DRS III organized by Department of Seminar Director and Roy National Seminar on Economics, North Bengal Presented paper on Mukherjee 'Ecoregional & Human University, 29-30 March 'Wage Determination Development 2016 and Wage Perspectives in Discrimination in the Tea Regional Economics', Plantations ofNonh Bengal' Sudakshina UGC Sponsored Dept. of Economics, Inequalities in Ray National Seminar on University of North Bengal, Provisioning and Contemporary Regional 2!51 December,2015 Educational Achievement Development: Issues in India: Analysis of and Challenges DISE Data for Elementary School Education in Darjeeling District (Jointly with Nisha Rana) Sudakshina UGC-SAP Seminar on Dept. of Economics, Micro.finance in India: Ray Eco-regional and University of North Beng~I, An Inter-regional and Human Development 29-30 March, 2016 Intra-regional Overview Perspectives in Re)!ional Economics -~~~~+----"'"~~~~~~~~-r-~~~~~~~~~~~t--~~~~~~~~--; Sudakshina UGC Sponsored Tufangunj Mahavidyalaya, Session Chairperson Ray · National Seminar on Coochbehar, West Bengal, 3- Employment Guarantee 4 December, 2015 arid Rural Regeneration: An Avvraisal Govinda International Held at the Australian Rural livelihood Choudhury Conference ' Between national University, · strategies, sand mining the Plough & the Pick: Canberra, 4-6 November and stone quarrying in Informal Mining in the 2015. Eastern Himalaya of Contemporary World', India, Govinda International Held at the Tata Institute of Agrarian changes and Choudhury Conference on 'Decent Social Sciences, Guwahati, growth of non-farm Work and Sustainable 19-20 February 2016. activities: A study of Development along artisanal small scale Rural-Urban Gradients', mining in rivers of Sub Himalayan West BP-ngal, 93 Govinda International Held at the Centre for Forest enclosures, tenure Choudhury Conference 'Mountain Mountain Studies, University rights and demographic of our Future Earth', of Highlands and Islands, changes in the Perth, Scotland, 4-8 October Himalayan region of 2015. Eastern Gangetic Basin, Govinda SAP-DRS (III) National held at the Department of Valuing Ecosystem Choudhury Seminar 'Ecoregional & Economics, University of Services in the Lower Human Development North Bengal, West Bengal, Tista Watershed of West Perspectives in Regional 29-30 March 2016 Bengal, India, Economics' Kanchan First International Thrissur, Kerala, India on 28- "Bamboo Handicraft Datta Conference on 29th January 2016. Industry in Jalpaiguri- A Humanities and Social case Study of Jalpaiguri Sciences (ICHUSS-1) Sadar Block" Kanchan SAP-DRS(III) National Department of Economics, "Natural Fibre Mission Datta Seminar on 'Eco- University of North Bengal, and the Present Status of regional & Human West Bengal, 29-30 March Bamboo Handicrafts 10 Development 2016 Jalpaiguri District" Perspectives in Regional Economics' Kanchan Econometric Modeling, Department of Economics, Participated in this Datta Techniques and SMVD University, Katra, workshop Research Applications, Jarnmu & Kashmir in Association with the Indian Econometric Society from 22"d to 26th August ,2016 Tamash 1) National Conference Conference Hall, St. Joseph's Efficiency Performance Ranjan on College, North Point, of Tea Smallholdings in Majumdar Interrogating Darjeeling, 29th and 30th North Bengal in the Post Development: March, 2015 Liberalization Period- A Regional and Sub- Study with DEA. Regional Trends m India m the Era of Globalisation Tamash 2) Social Dimensions of Department of Sociology, Globalisation and its Ranjan Development in North North Bengal University I 0- Impact on West Bengal Majumdar Bengal and Sikkim' 11 March, 2016 Tea Economy- A Study and Karan on Production Tamang Restructuring and Labour Casualisation >-~~~~-+-~~~~~~~~~-+-~~~~~~~~~~~-1---~~~~~~~~ - Tamash 3) National Seminar on Dept. of Economics, Raiganj Restructuring of Tea Ranjan Contemporary University, 19th and 20th Industry in West Bengal: Majumdar Development Issue March, 2016 It's Impact on Production and Karan and Employment Tamang Tam ash 4) UGC-SAP Seminar Department of Economics Dichotomy m Tea I Ranjan on University of North Bengal, Plantation Industry in Majumdar Ecoregional & Human 29-30 March 2016 West Bengal-The and Karan Development Emerging trends in the 94. Tamang Perspectives in Regional Post globalisation Era Economics Karan National Seminar Sociology Department, Globalization and its Tamang 11/March/2016 Impact on West Bengal Tea Economy - A Study on Production Restructuring and Labour Casualization Karan National Seminar Economics Department, Restructuring of Tea Tamang Raiganj University, Plantation Industry in 20/March/2016 West Bengal: Its impact on Production and Employment Karan National Seminar Economics Department, The Dichotomy of Tea Tamang NBU, 29-30/March/2016 Plantation Industry in West Bengal- Emerging Trends in Post Globalization Era 10.0rgamze . d s em marIC on t erences: Name of the Seminar/ Conference Date of the Seminar/ Conference A Comparative Study of the Public 9th February, 2016, Department of Economics, Distribution System in Tamil Nadu & West North Bengal University Bengal National Seminar on "Contemporary 2l5t December, 2015, Department of Economics, Regional Development: Issues and North Bengal University Challenges" UGC SAP Seminar on "Ecoregional & 29th - 30th March, 2016, Department of Economics, Human Development Perspectives in North Bengal University Regional Economics" 22"d University Level Workshop on l st March, 2016, Department of Economics, North "Research Methodology & Training, 2016" Bengal University special session: Using SPSS in Social Science Research, 11. Publications: Name of the Year of I Name of the Book/ Journal/ Volume Name of Publisher Author Publication Kanak Kanti North Bengal Development Perspective 2015 University of North Bagchi (ed.) DSBN - 978-93-81757-12-3) Bengal - Samapti 'Role of the Women Panchayat Members 2015 An Academic Journal saha and in Village Development', in Communique, of Durgapur Kanak Kanti Vol. 9, No. 1, March, pp.89-92. [ISSN Government College Bagchi 0973-8584). Kanak Kanti International Migration of Labour - 2015 Abhijeet Publications, Bagchi (ed.) Nature, Trends, Determinants and New Delhi-110002 Consequences, flSBN-978-93-5074-193-11 ~ Sanchari "Issues of Productivity, Employment and 2015 Indian Journal of I Roy Exploitation in Artisanal Silk Industry of Social and Natural Mukherjee West Bengal", (jointly with Chandan Roy), Sciences, Vol.4: 1-3 , '- 95 ------pp. 47-64, 2015 (I SSN 2277-6117) _ ---· Sanchari "Burden of Disease: A Study of Morbid icy . 2016 International Jour nal Roy Profile of the Households of Siliguri ofSocial Science, Arts Mukherjee Municipal Corporation A_r~a (SMCA), and Humanities, V ol.4 ., West Bengal, India", (Jointly with S. (1), pp. 1-7, 2016 Ghosh and A. Majumder), - (ISSN 2321-4147 Govinda 'Land Tenure and Forest Conservation in 2015 Choudhury the Dooars of the Eastern Himalaya', Review ofAwarian Studies, 5( 1): 61-85 -----~- - Kanchan . "Bamboo handicraft industry in Jalpaiguri April, 2016 Datta -:A Case Study of Jalpaiguri Sadar Block" International Journal of Socio-Legal I AnalY,sis and Rural Development ,ISSN: 2455 4049, website: www.ij sard .org (April, 2016} ·--· ·- ·- Kanchan "Determinants of Trade Balance in India- 2015 Mc Graw I !ill Datta An ARDL Co integration Approach", · Education.,, ISBN 978- Edited Volume titled "Research Issues in 93-392-2429-5 Applied Economics" edited by Dr. K.Majumdar and Dr. P.K. Jena, (2015), Tamash Anweshan, Vol.3, No. I 2015 Dept. of Commercc, Ranjan University of No rth Majumdar Bengal 12. Research Projects (Major & Minor): I,_ ___ _ Minor Research Project Sanctioning anctioncd Name of Teacher Title of the Scheme Project s Authority Amount - --- ····- Coordinator SAP DRS-III UGC Rs. 60 lakh Sanchari Roy Mukherjee Deputy Coordinator Sudakshina Ray (including All Faculty - .. Member) Prof. Kanak Kanti Bagchi "An Enquiry into the Pattern and University of Rs. 50• .000.00 Causes of Out-Migration and North Bengal .. Human Trafficking from the Duars Region of North ~~~al" I ··------~·nchan o_.tta "Bamboo Handicraft Industry in N.B.U Rs. 50,000.00 I Jalpaiguri- A case Study of Jal~aiguri Sadar Bio_~~.'.:...... ------13. Visiting Fellow: N.A. 96 Department of English 1. Name of the Department: Department of English 2. Date of Establishment: 1962 3. Introduction of the Department: The Department of English was one of the few departments with which the University of North Bengal started functioning fifty years ago in 1962. Since then the department of English has always been vibrant with teaching, research and extramural activities. The Department has at present only five teachers and two posts are likely to be filled up shortly. Most of the teachers serving now have International publications and visits to their credit. Some of them are engaged in collaborative work with Universities abroad. Always innovative but earnestly student-friendly, the staffs of the Department have always been trying to keep the matter of teaching and research on a par with the current international standards. A language lab, well-stocked seminar library, a computer lab, and the audio-visual aids supplement the clan of the teachers to break new grounds. And the desired results have always been satisfactory. The Department takes pride in regular output of brilliant students and researchers many of whom are well established academics home and abroad. 4. N ame of the Faculty: Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor -- S. Samanta C. Laha R. Ghosh .. --·---·--·--·------·-·---··- B.P. Ra~ ---~ ~ Sengupta -·--·------·------5. Name of the Research Scholars: a. Pinaki Ranjan Das (State - SRF) b. Subashish Bhattacharjee (UGC - JRF) c. 13 others are private research scholars 6. Name of the Project Scholars: NIL 7. Name of the Non-Teaching Staff: ,---- Name [ --===~ ~~~~~------ 8. Students Strength: Students Male Female Total Part- I 1st Sem 26+10 56+32 36+88=124 (NBU+JA~2 __ ------llnd Sem ··-· Part - II Illrd Sem 21+8 52+19 29+71= 100 (NBU +-JAL) ·- .. ······- ---~-- ·------·------·-- .. >------· .------· ----- JVth Scm -··------· ------) 9. 5eminar I Conferences attended (Outside the Country & Within the Country): Name of the Name of the Seminars/ Venue and Date Title of the Paper presented Teacher Conferences ~ Dr. 1. En~h Studies: K. G~ -- ~: - T. M., . ____ Ke_2'n_o_!~ Address 97 Chandanashis Literature and Society 2015 Laha 11. Exploring Trauma: University of Gour Trauma and the Dynamics of Interdisciplinary Banga, 2016 Memory: Some Literary Perspectives Praxes Professor I. Mel us- Mel ow Guru Gov ind Playing Islam/ Reading South Ash is International Conference Indraprasth Asian Plays Sengupta University, 2016 ii. Changing Directions University College, Keynote Address of Postcolonial Indian 2015 Theatre iii. Theatre for Peace JNU, 2015 Panelist Semiriar - ·- 1o.r Oanised Seminar / Conferences: _ Name of the Seminar /Conferences Date of the Seminar/Conferences NIL NIL 11 . Publication: Name of the Year of Name of the Book I Journal I Volume Author Publication Mr. Bishnupada I. "Through the V...:il of Neurosis": A Review oflshita 2015 Ray Bhaduri's Blue Horizon in Muse India II. "A Tribute to Rabindranath": A Review oflshita Bhaduri's 2016 Rabindranath, in the Brown Critique Dr. Chandanashis The Past (Im)perfect: Re-reading the English Past Perfective in 2016 Laha Theory and Practice Dr. Ranjan Ghosh I. 'Intra-active Transculturality' in MLN 30 2015 11. 'Caught in the Cross Traffic: Rabindranath Tagore and the 2015 Trials of Child Education' in Comparitive Education Review. Vol. 59, No. 3. iii. 'Rabindranath and Rabindranath Tagore: Home, History, 2015 World' in History and Theory. Vol. 54. Issue 4. I 12. Research Projects (Major and Minor): NIL 13. Visiting Fellow: NIL 14. Awards Received: NIL 98 Department of Hindi 1. Name of the Department: Department of Hindi 2. Date of Establishment: 2004 3. Introduction of the Deptt.: The Department offers M.A. and Ph.D. programmes. The present intake of P.G. is 39. 4. Name of the Faculty: Associate Professor : Dr. Manisha Jha Asstt. Professor : Dr. Sunil Kr. Dwivedi 5. Name.of the Research Scholar/s a) University Research Fellow: Sri Santosh Kumar Gupta b) UGC Research Fellow: Sri Saroj Lama c) UGC Research Fellow: Sri Ravi Shanker Shukla 6. Name of the project Scholar/s: NIL 7. Name of Non-teaching staff: a) Sri Surendra Kr. Mahato- Sr. Asstt. b) Smt. Jasinta Oraon- Sr. Peon 8. Student strength Students Semester Male Female Total Part-I 1st Semester 05 29 34 znd Semester . 05 29 34 Part-II 3rd Semester 07 17 24 4th semester 07 17 24 9. Seminar I Conferences attended: Name of Name of the Seminar/ Venue & date Title of the paper presented the teacher Conferences Dr. 1. Orientation UGC-HRDC, NB.LJ Concept of Friendship & Manisha Programme 19.05.15 Society Jha 2. Orientation UGC-HRDC, NBU Religion & Indian Society Programme . 19.05.15 3. Hindi Seminar NHPC, Siliguri, 23.06 Rajbhasha Hindi 15 4. Hindi Karyashala NHPC, Kalijhora, Rajbhasha Hindi ' 09.09.2015 I 5. Hindi Karyashala NHPC, Siliguri, Rajbhasha Hindi I 11.09.2015 6. UGC- sponsored . Hindi Department, Jaishankar Prasad Ka Sriian I - 99 National Seminar NBU, 07.12.2015 7. Special Lecture PMS Mahavidyalay, Samkaleen Hindi Kahani Mein Jalpaiguri, Samaj 08.12.2015 8. Special Lecture M. Agrasen Pragatisheel Hindi Kavita Mahavidyalaya, Dalkhola, 15.03.2016 9. National Seminar W.B.S. University, Samkaleen Kavita, Kolkata, 28.3.2016 Chunautiyan Aur Sanibhavnayen 10. North Bengal Hindi Deptt. NBU, Samkaleen Hindi Kahani Mein University sponsored 17.02.2016 Samaj National Seminar Dr. Sunil 1. International Seminar Birla College of Arts, Hindi Ka Vaishwik Sandarbh Kr. (UGC & Hindustani Science & Commerce, Dwivedi Prachar Sabha, Mumbai) Kalyan, Maharashtra, 27-28 Nov. 2015 2. UGC- sponsored Hindi Deptt. NBU, Jaishankar Prasad ka Srijan: National Seminar 7th December,2015 V artman Pariprekshya 3. Special Lecture Parimal Mitra Smriti Hindi Kahani Mein Samaj Mahavidyalaya, Malbazar, 08.12.2015 4. Special Lecture Kalipada Ghosh Tarai Premchand Aur Mahavidyalaya, Premchandottar Hindi Bagdogra, Kahaniyan 22.12.2015 5. North Bengal Hindi Deptt. NBU, Samkaleen Hindi Kahani Mein University sponsored 17.02.2016 'Samaj National Seminar , r - 6. National Seminar by Hindi Deptt. Sikkim Samkaleen Katha Sahitya: I Hindi Dcptt. Sikkim University, Sikkim, Vividh Aayaam University, Sikkim & 20-21 March, 2016 I Kendriya Hindi Sansthan, I ------~gra -- I 0. Organized seminar/Conferences: I Name of the Seminar/Conference Date of the Seminar/Conference Remarks 1 I Name of Teacher- Dr. Manisha Jha: i) 22nd Orientation Programme, A. Orientation Programmes (28 days 29.04.2015-26.05.2015 I cach)-03 ii) 23rd Orientation Programme, I . ______,__3_0_.0_1_2_01 _5_-2_6_.0_8_.2_0_15______._ ____ 100 iii) 25tl' Orientation Programme, 25 .02.2016- 23 .03.2016 B. Workshop/Short Term Courses i) Research Scholars' Training (7 days each) Programme-01, 02.09.2015- 08.09.2015 ii) Research Methods for Scholar- 01, 17.12.2015-23.012.2015 C. Refresher Course (21 days) R.C. on Teaching Methodology & Communication skill Development, 08.01.2016-28.01.2016 Name of Teacher- Dr. Sunil Kumar Dwivedi: A. UGC sponsored National Seminar 07.12.2015 on the topic entitled-' Jaishankar Prasad Ka Srijan: Vartman Pariprekshya' B. NBU sponsored National Seminar 17.02.2016 on the topic entitled 'Samkaleen Hindi Kahani mein Samaj' 11 . Publications: Name of the Author Name of the Book/ Journal/ Volume Year of Publication Dr. Manisha Jha 1. Muktanchal, Kolkata December, 2015 2. Kaimur Times, Sonbhadra November, (ISSN-2454-6453) 2015 3. Samvad-10, Hindi Deptt. NBU Feb,2016 (ISSN-2231-0525) Dr. Sunil Kr. 1. Madai, Issue- 29, Bilaspur 2015 Dwivedi (ISSN-2278-8352) 2. Hindi Kahani Samvedana Ke Dharatal Par (ISBN-978- 2015 81-88904-55-6) 3. Visva-Bharati Patrika, Issue-4, Santiniketan (ISSN- 2016 2348-4977) 4. Uttar Aadhunikta Am' Adivasi Vim~rsh (Naye 2016 Vishwason, Nayi Aasthaon Ki Or Kadam) (ISBN-978-93- 85833-08-3) 5. Jankriti (International E-Magazine ), Issue-11 2016 (ISSN-2454-2725) 6. Samvad-10, Hindi Dept. NBU (ISSN-2231-0525) 2106 12. Research Projects (Major & Minor): M.a1or Researc hp roJect:. NIL --- Minor Research Pro.iect Title of the Scheme Project Sanctioned Authority Duration Samkaleen Hindi Upanyas N.B.U. 01.04.2015-31.03.2016 Mein Pariwar Aur Stree Jeevan by Dr. Manisha Jha 101 13 . Visiting Fellow: NlL Name of the Visiting Fellow Duration 14. Any other information: Award Received- NlL .. , 102 Department of History l. Name of the Department History 2. Date of Establishment 1965 3. Introduction of the Department 23.02.1965 4. Name of the Faculty Professor Reader Sr. Lecturer/ Lecturer Prof. lcchimuddin Sarkar Kaushik Bandyopadhyay(Absent) Prof. AnitaJ3agchi Dr. Dahlia Bhattacharya Prof. Bijoy Kr. Sarkar Dr. Sankar Kr. Das Dr. Sudash Lama Sri Varun Kr. Roy 5. Name of the Research Scholars 6. Name of the Project Scholars 7. N ameo f Th e N on- T eac h.mg Sta ff Name Desii:mation Sharmistha Das Jr. Asstt-cum-Typist Gopal Das Sr. Peon 8. Students Strength : Students Male Female Total Part I 151 Sem. 50 43 93 2"d Sem. 49 41 90 Part II 3rd Sem. 43 38 81 4th Sem. 42 36 78 9. Seminar/ Conferences attended (Outside the Country & Within the Country): Name of the Teacher Name of the Seminars/ Venue & Date Title of the paper Conference presented I 0. Or anized Seminar I Conferences : Name of the Seminar/Conference Date of the Seminar I Conference 11. Publication · Name of the Author Name of the Book/JournalN olume Year of Publication Sudash Lama Karatoya 2015 Omnibus of North Bengal 2015 12. Re search Projects (Major & Minor): Ma.ior Research Pro.iect Title of the Scheme Proiect / Sanctioned Authority I I I Minor Research Pro_ject 103 Title of the Scheme Pro'ect Sanctioned Authorit 13. Visitin Fellow: Name of the Visitin Fellow Duration Dr. Bijoy K~mar Sarkar Professor Name of the Research Scholars Biswajit Das, Nabiul Islam, Chanchal Adhikary, Pranay Rajak Dipak Sarkar, Debojit Dutta, Gouri Dey, Tahiti Sarkar Name of the Project Scholar Nil Seminar/ Conferences attended (Outside the country & within the country): Name of the Name of the Seminars/ Venue & Date Title of the paper presented Teacher Conference Bi-Decennial Conference Cooch Behar Panchanan "Narasimha Temples in and International B"nna University, Cooch Behar: Religious Seminar, Association of Co\)Ch Behar. Pluralism against Third World Studies 27' 11 -29th Noverber 2015. Aggressive Imperialism," South Asia Chapter mm 3 6th Annual conference of Department of History and "Neo-Vaishnavism in North East India History Ethnography, Kamata-Koch Dynasty: Asssociation (NEIHA) Mizoram University. Uniqueness of Biranarayan" 18th-20th November 2015 UGC - sponsored Abhedananda "Decline of capitals and National Seminar on Mahavidyalaya (Sainthia, urban centre in early and Prof. Bijoy Historical Geography of Birbhum) Medieval Eastern India. Kr. Sarkar Ancient to Medieval September 23-24, 2015 Professor Eastern India. International seminar on Saldiha College (Bankura) " Historical Geography of Recent Trends on Histro- September 24-25, Bankura in the early Geograpic Approaches of 2015 medieval period" South-Asian Environment. International Conference Dhaka "Panchpuriya of the Chain of ltihas Academy Dhaka August 28, 20 I 5 Community in West Bengal: An Anthropo- Historical Prespective" lUAES (International Thammasat University " Oral Literature of the Union of Anthropological Bangkok (Thailand) Chain Community in West and Ethnological 15-17 July, 2015 Bengal: An Sciences) 2015 Inter- Anthropological Study of Congress the Marriage Songs" International Conference Aliputduar College, " Recent Trends in India on Modern Trends in Alipurduar Historiographical Thought 104 Social and Basis sciences March 27-28, 2015 and Writing and History of MTSBS-2015 North Ben al" 14. 0 rgamze dSem mar ICon fierences: Name of the Seminar/ Conference Date of the Seminar I Conference UGC sponsored National Seminar 18th Feb 2016 "Movements in North Bengal throughout the ages : Political and Socio-Cultural Perspective" 15. Publication: Name of the Author Name of the Book/Jouma!Nolume· · Year of Publication KAROTOYA 2015 16. Re searc hp roiects. (M.a1or &M.mor: ) Ma.ior Research Pro.iect Title of the Scheme Project I Sanctioned Authority I I NIL I Minor Research Project Title of the Scheme Project I Sanctioned Authority I I NBU I 17. Visitin Fellow: Name of the Visitin Fellow Duration Rub Malini 7 da s Dr. Dhalia Bhattacharya Assistant Professor Name of the Research Scholars John Biswas, Manoranjan Sarkar, Chanchal Manda!, Tushar Kanti Barman, Mampi Barman Name of the Name of the Seminars/ Venue & Date Title of the paper presented Teacher Conference -· UGC National Seminar on University of North "Women in Indian Armed Centre of Women's Studies Bengal Forces: Challenges, 29th and 301h March d ' '·' Triumphs and Male 2016 Response" UGC National seminar on Department of History, "The Shift in the social Protest Movements in North N.B.U. paradigm: The Rabhas of Bengal through ages: Social, l 71h March 2016 North Bengal " . ' .. Political and Economic .. .. Perspective. UGC National Seminar on Centre of Women's "Women in Protest: The Women in 21st Century: Studies, University of anti-liquor movement in Livelihood, Environment North Bengal Andhra Pradesh 27th & 28th March 2015 and Sustainability - UGC National Seminar on Department of History " Women in Inda- Women, Patriarchy and March 13-14, 2015 Bangladesh Border: Some - 105 Dr. Dhalia Gender: Deconstruction and Narratives and Bhattacharya Reconstruction of History Experiences" (India and Beyond) 1. Or anized Seminar I Conferences : Name of the Seminar/Conference Date of the Seminar I Conference 2. Publication : Name of the Author Name of the Book/Journal/Volume Year of Publication Dr. Dhalia Bhattacharya, Karatoya, Journal of History, Volume-8 March 2015 Editor Dr. Dhalia Bhattacharya, Omnibus of North Bengal, History of the Culture 2015 Associate Editor of Book and Society of the Hills and Plains, Volume -I & II, 2013 Tracing The Roots : Reflections of Indian April 2015 Diaspora during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, in Indian Historical Studies, Vol- XI, No-2 Zenana Missions and Christian Missionaries: January-June Some Reflections of the 'White woman's Burden 2015 and Imperialism in the Nineteenth century Bengal, Exploring History, Vol-VII. Towards Emancipation: Reflection of Writings of March 2015 some Muslim women in the 20th Century in Karatoya, North Bengal University Journal of History, Volume-7 The Exodus of the Bengali evacuees from Burma 2016 to Bengal : A tale of return, relocation and resettlement in Bengal ( 1948-64) accepted in Journal of the Asiatic Society 2016 3. Re searc hProiects . (M.a1or &M.mor: ) Maior Research Pro.iect Title of the Scheme Project I Sanctioned Authority I I I Minor Research Proiect Title of the Scheme Project I Sanctioned Authority I I I 4. Visitin Fellow: Name of the Visitin Fellow Duration 106 Dr. Sudash Lama Assistant Professor Name of the Research Scholars Badol Roy, Gyamit Lepcha Name of the Teacher Name of the Seminars/ Venue & Date Title of the paper Conference presented 1. Or anized Seminar I Conferences: Name of the Seminar/Conference Date of the Seminar I Conference 2. Publication : Name of the Author Name of the Book/JournalNolume Year of Publication Sudash Lama Karatoya 2015 Omnibus of North Bengal 2015 3. Re searc hProJeCtS . (M.aior &M'mor: ) Ma.ior Research Pro.iect Title of the Scheme Project I Sanctioned Authority I I I Minor Research Project Title of the Scheme Project I Sanctioned Authority I I I 4. Visitin Fellow: Name of the Visitin Fellow Duration 107 Department of Law I. Name of the Department :Law 2. Date of Establishment : 1974 3. Introduction of the Department : 2000 4. Name of the Faculty Professor Sr. Lecturer/Lecturer/Asst. Profers~or (Contractual) SI. SI. Professor Sr. Lecturer/Lecturer/Assistant Professor No . . No. 1 · Prof. Gangotri Chakraborty I Dr. R. D. Dubey [Assistant Professor Full Time [Professor] Contractual] 2 Dr. Rathin Bandyopadhyay 2 Ms. Sangeeta Manda! [Assistan~ Professor Full [ Professor] Time Contractual] 3 Dr. Sujit Kumar Biswas 3 Dr. Om Prakash Sharma [Assistant Professor [Assistant Professor1 Full Time Contractual] 4 Dr. Narender Nagarwal 4 Ms. Sanyukta Moitra [Assistant Professor Full [Assistant Professorl Time Contractuall 5 Ms. Soma Dey Sarkar [Assistant Professor Full Time Contractual] 6 Mr. Tanwir Arshed [Assistant Professor Full Time Contractuall 7 Mr. Md. Maazul Haque [Assistant Professor Full Time Contractuall 8 Mr. Sanjay Dutta [Assistant Professor Part Time Contractual] 9 Ms. Taniya Basu Mazumdar [Assistant Professor Part Time Contractuall - 10 Ms. Debarati Chanda [Assistant Professor Part I Time Contractuall 5. Name of the Research Scholars .~: 1 'J SI. Name of Research Scholars Status' No. I Sarita Sharma Registered 2 Rupali Singha Roy Registered 3 Pramita Gurung Registered 4 Denkila Bhutia Registered 5 Veerendar Mohan Registered 6. Name of the Project Scholars : Not yet, but likely to be appointed soon (one) 7. Name of Non Teaching staff: Name Designation 1. Mr. Arunava Choudhury Jr. Superintendent 2. Mr. Samir Kr. Roy Technical Assistant 108 .; .. .. 3. Mr. Santanu Chanda Assistant Librarian 4. Mr. Bachchu Ch. Dey Sr. Peon 5. Mr. Babla Nag Jr. Assistant-Cum-Typist 6. Mr. Amal Kr. Dhar Daily Wage Worker (Grade-III) 7. Mr. Bhaskar Pal Daily Wage Worker (Grade-III) 8. Mr. Anjan Choudhury Jr. Peon 9. Mr. Bechan Mallick Daily wage Sweeper (Grade-IV) 8. Student Strength- 2015-16 Students Male Female Total Part-I 1st Sem. 15 14 29 2 11d Sem. 13 11 24 Part-II 3rd Sem. 07 08 15 4th Sem 05 07 12 9. Seminar/Conference attended (Outside the country & Within the Country): Name of the Name of the Title of the Paper Venue and Date Teacher Seminars/Conference Presented Prof. Rathin UGC sponsored National Department of Law, Bandyopadhyay Seminar on "Changing North Bengal dimensions of concept of University, Darjeeling legal systems and rule of 2 Day (19-20 December, law: Emerging trends in 2015) constitutional ism" Prof. Rathin 2 Day (04- 05 April, Patna Law College, Chaired a technical Bandyopadhyay 2015) UGC sponsored Patna University, Bihar session entitled : The National Seminar on RTI in collaboration with Official Secret Act and Act 2005 - A Perfect Faculty of Law, College RTI (Technical Session Guideline and Regulation of Commerce, Magadh III) to Administrative University, Patna, Bihar Discretion Promoting April, 2015 Participatory Democracy Prof. Gangotri UGC sponsored National Department of Law, Shrinking contours of Chakraborty Seminar on "Changing North Bengal Constitutionalism in dimensions of concept of University, Darjeeling Globalized Era legal systems and rule of 2 Day (19-20 December, law: Emerging trends in 2015) constitutional ism" - -- - Prof. Gangotri MHRE sponsored 27-28th September, Right to Information: Chakraborty national seminar on Right 2015 Limitations of to Information. Implementation Dr. Sujit Kumar UGC sponsored National Department of Law, In search of the Biswas Seminar on "Changing North Bengal Custodian of the Rule Dimensions of Concept University, Darjeeling of Law. of Legal Systems and 19th-20th, December Rule of Law: Emerging 2015. Trends in Constitutionalism" Dr. Sujit Kumar Saksham-IT Champion Internal Quality [ Biswa~ _ Training Program held at Assurance Cell (IQAC), 109 the University of North University of North Bengal Bengal and Microsoft Corporation, from 16th to 22nd December 2015. Dr. Narender UGC sponsored National Department of Law, Constitution of India Nagarwal Seminar on "Changing North Bengal and its Major Threats-A dimensions of concept of University, Darjeeling Comprehensive legal systems and rule of 2 Day (19-20 December, Analysis of Sectarian law: Emerging trends in 2015) Violence, Crisis of constitutional ism" Secularism and Denial of Justice Dr. R. D. Dubey UGC sponsored National Department of Law, Constitutional System Seminar on "Changing North Bengal in India and Rule of .. , dimensions of concept of University, Darjeeling Law: and analysis with legal systems and rule of 2 Day (19-20 December, special reference to law: Emerging trends in 2015) Judicial constitutional ism" pronouncement. Dr. R. D. Dubey UGC sponsored national 29-30th March, 2016, Role of Women in the seminar on Women, organized by Centre for protection of Environment and Women's Studies, Environment: A study Science. University of North Bengal. Dr. R. D. Dubey UGC sponsored national 22-23rd December, Constitutional seminar on Anthropology 2015, organized by Providence for and Society. Department of protection of Weaker Anthropology, section of Society and University of North Judicial Bengal Pronouncement. Dr. R. D. Dubey UGC sponsored National 15th February, 2016, Ambedkar and Women Seminar on Relevance of organized by B.M.T. Rights, Social Justice Dr. B. R. Ambedkar's Law College, Purnia, and Empowerment: An vision: Present Scenario. Bihar. Analysis Dr. R. D. Dubey UGC sponsored national 04-0Sth April, 2015, RTI: As a tool of seminar on RTI Act organized by Patna Law personal Vendetta AN 2005. College, Patna In Sight. University, Patna, Bihar Ms. Sangeeta UGC sponsored National Department of Law, Establishment of Rule Manda! Seminar on "Changing North Bengal of Law Through dimensions of concept of University, Darjeeling Judicial Law Making. legal systems and rule of 2 Day (19-20 December, •law: Emerging trends in 2015) constitutionalism" Ms. Sangeeta UGC sponsored national 22-23rd December, Role of Law in Mand al semif!-ar on Anthropology 2015, organized by Changing Society and Society. Departme~t of •1 ·• ' • Anthropology, University of North Bengal - Ms. Sanvukta UGC sponsored National Department of Law, Freedom of Speech and _ Moitra Seminar on "Changing North Bengal expression and rule of dimensions of concept of University, Darjeeling law: A constitutional legal systems and rule of 2 Day (19-20 December, quandary. law: Emerging trends in 2015) constitutional ism" Ms. Sanyukta UGC sponsored national 29-30th March, 2016, Role of Women in.the Moitra seminar on Women, organized by Centre for protection of Environment and Women's Studies, Environmen.t; A study Science. University of North Bengal. Ms. Sanyukta UGC sponsored national 22-23rd December, Constitutional Moitra seminar on Anthropology 2015, organized by Providence for and Society. Department of protection of Weaker Anthropology, section of Society and University of North Judicial Bengal Pronowncement. Dr. Om Prakash UGC sponsored National· Department of Law, Sharma Seminar on "Changing North Bengal dimensions of concept of University, Darjeeling legal systems and rule of 2 Day (19-20 December; . law: Emerging trends in 2015) constitutional ism" Ms. Soma Dey UGC sponsored National Department of Law, Right to be considered Sarkar Seminar on "Changing North Bengal for promotion and good dimensions of concept of University, Darjeeling governance: A legal systems and rule of 2 Day (19-20 December, Constitutional law: Emerging trends in 2015) Perspective. constitutional ism" Ms. Soma De~ UGC sponsored national 22-23rd December, Role of Law in Sarkar seminar on Anthropology 2015, organized by Changing Society and Society. Department of Anthropology, University of North Bengal Mr. Tanwir UGC sponsored National Department of Law, Pakistan occupied Ai-shed Seminar on "Changing North Bengal Kashmir: Emerging dimensions of concept of University, Darjeeling Trends in legal systems and rule of 2 Day (19-20 December, Constitutional issues law: Emerging trends in 2015) and Development. constitutional ism" Mr. Tanwir 17th Annual National 5-6th March, 2016, Challenges to the Arshed .. Conference of West organized by WBPSA Regional Peace and · Bengal Political Science Policy making: The Association. Kashmir Dispute. -- Md. Maazul UGC sponsored National Department of Law, Feasibility of SEZ in Haque Seminar on "Changing North Bengal the Backdrop of Asian dimensions of concept of University, Darjeeling Highway 02 & Asian legal systems and rule of 2 Day (19-20 December, Highway 48 in and law: Emerging trends in 2015) around Siliguri: A constitutional ism" Study'. Md. Maazul UGC Sponsored National Department of 'Globalization and the Haque Seminar on Anthropology, Muslim Community' Anthropology and University of North Society Bengal, Darjeeling, West Bengal Mr. Sanjay UGC sponsored National Department of Law, Dutta Seminar on "Changing North Bengal dimensions of concept of University, Darjeeling legal systems and rule of 2 Day (19-20 December, law: Emerging trends in 2015) constitutional ism" Ms. Taniya UGC sponsored National Department of Law, Women and Land Basu Mazumdar Seminar on "Changing North Bengal Rights: A Study in A dimensions of concept'of University, Darjeeling Village of North legal systems and rule of 2 Day (19-20 December, Bengal. law: Emerging trends in 2015) constitutional ism" Ms. Debarati UGC sponsored National Department of Law, Chanda Seminar on "Changinh, North Bengal dimensions of concept of University, Darjeeling legal systems and rule of 2 Day (19-20 December, law: Emerging trends in 2015) constitutional ism" 10. 0 rganise. d sem marI C on flerences: Name of the Date of Seminar Name of the Seminars/Conference Teacher Conference -- Dr. Rathin UGC sponsored National Seminar on "Changing 2 Days ( 19-20 Bandyopadhyay dimensions of concept of legal systems and rule of December, 2015) law: Emerging trends in constitutionalism". Prof. Gangotri UGC sponsored National Seminar on "Changing 2 Days ( 19-20 Chakraborty dimensions of concept of legal systems and rule of December, 2015) law: Emerging trends in constitutionalism". Dr. Sujit Kumar UGC sponsored National Seminar on "Changing 2 Days (19-20 dimensions of concept of legal systems and rule of December, 2015) ~ iswas law: Emerging trends in constitutionalism". Mr. Narendar UGC sponsored National Seminar on "Changing 2 Days (19-20 Nagarwal dimensions of concept of legal systems and rule of December, 2015) law: Emerging trends in constitutionalism". 11. Publication: Name of Year of Name of the Book/JournalNolume the Author Publication Dr. Sujit "Rights of the Accused and Convicts: Role of a Pro-active Judiciary 2015-16 Kumar in India in the book titled "Human Rights and Duties" (ISBN No. Biswas 978-81-921285-3-5) published by The Registrar, University of North Bengal Dr. Sujit "Judiciary as a Protagonist Ill Reforming the Administration, 2015-16 Kumar Admission and Fee Structure of Minority Educational Institutions in - 112 Biswas India" in the Indian Journal of Law and Justice (JJLJ) (ISSN: 0976- 3570) Volume 6 No.2 (Sept 2015) published by the Department of Law, University of North Bengal. Dr. Sujit Electoral Reforms and the Role of The Judiciary in India" in the 2015-16 Kumar India International Journal of Juridical Sciences (IIJJS) (ISSN: 2278- Biswas 3237) Volume 5 Issue 1 (March 2016) published by Paragon International Publishers, 5, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi- 110002 Dr. Prevention of Corporate Corruption in India, Judicial Response and 2015-16 Narender Rule of Law-A Critical Analysis, Chapter in edited book published Nagarwal from Department of Law, NBU. CHAPTER IN BOOK Dr. Media and Minorities: Understanding the Ethical Issues of Freedom 2015-16 Narender of Press in the Context of Rule of Law Nagarwal Indian Journal of Law and Jusdce ISSN NO: 0976-3570 ARTICLE IN JOURNAL Dr. Social Media Revolution and Cyber Crime in India-The Law, Policy 2015-16 Narender and Practice in Cyber Security and the Law: A Panoramic View, Nagarwal Chapter in Book, published from NEHU, Shillong Dr. R.D. Limited Government Judicial Review and Judicial Activism in 2015-16 Dubey Edited book Corporate Public Law, Published by EBH Publisher, First Edition, 2016, CHAPTER IN BOOK, ISBN: 978-93-83252- 76-3 Dr. R. D. Human Rights and Criminal Justice System: A Study, Published in 2015-16 Dubey Edited Book "Justice Shafiqul Haque" Reflection & Judicial Thoughts by Empyreal Publication, ISBN: 978-81-930928-1-1, CHAPTER IN BOOK Ms. Protection of Refugees in India; Mechanisms and Strategies of India 2015-16 Sanyukta with its Neighbors and Challenges Ahead, Indian Journal of Law and Moitra Justice, Volume - 6, ISSN NO: 0976-3570 ARTICLE IN JOURNAL Ms. Article in Indian Journal of Law and Justice, Volume-6, No. -2, 2015-16 Sangeeta September, 2015. Manda I Ms. Article in Indian Journal of Law and Justice, Volume- 7, No. - I, 2015-16 San gee ta March, 2016. Mand al Mr. Tanwir 1. "The Thunder Dragon Kingdom and India -An Asymmetric 2015-16 Arshed Relation of Strategic Importance and Mutual Development" in Journal of Life Long Education and Development; ISSN No: 2231-4121 2. "Revisiting the Foundations of Non-Alignment Movement in the Post Nehruvian Era: Compulsions and Realities" in the Edited Book Post Nehruvian Politics in India: Agitations, Assimilations, Assertions and Consequences; compiled by Dr Manas Chakraborty; Levant Books; 2015; ISBN: 978-93-84106-24-9 3. Sino Indian Border Dispute: An Analysis of the Territorial Dispute in the Himalayas; in Indian Journal of Law and Justice, March, 2016, Vol. 06, No. 01; ISSN No: 0976-3570 4. Empowering Women Through SHG &Microfinance: An Inclusive Approach in the edited book Women Empowermenfin India Opportunities and Challenges; Compiled by Dr. ·Gopal Sharma; Rupali Publications; 2015; ISBN: 978-93-81669-88-4 Mr. Maazul 'Exchange Oflndo-Bangladesh Enclaves - Holistic Step Forward' 2015-16 Haque India International Journal of Juridical Science, ISSN No. 2278- 3237, Vol. 5, No-1, 2016. Ms. Taniya Women and Land Rights: A Study in A Village of North Bengal, 2015-16 Basu Indian Journal of Law and Justice, Volume - 7, No. - 1, March, Maiumder 2016. Ms. IJELLH, Volume-3, Issue - 6 2015-16 Debarati Chanda Ms. IJELLH, Volume - 3, Issue - 8 2015-16 Debarati Chanda 12. R esearc hP roJects. (M.aJOr & M.mor: ) RESEARCH PROJECTS - MAJOR Name of the Title of the Sl.heme Project Sanctioned Authority Teacher Dr. Rathin An Assessment Study of Food (IN) Security in UGC Innovative Research Bandyopadhyay Eastern and North Eastern India in the Light Programme (Principal of Laws Relating to Food, Food Standard, Investigator) Food Security and PDS Prof. Gangotri An Assessment Study of Food (IN) Security in UGC Innovative Research Chakraborty Eastern and North Eastern India in the Light Programme (Principal of Laws Relating to Food, Food Standard, Investigator) Food Security and PDS Dr. Suujit An Assessment Study of Food (IN) Security in UGC Innovative Research Kumar Biswas Eastern and North Eastern India in the Light Programme (Co- of Laws Relating to Food, Food Standard, Investigator) Food Security and PDS RESEARCH PROJECTS - MINOR Name of the Title of the Scheme Project Sanctioned Authority Teacher Dr. Sujit Kumar "Ensuring Right to Food through PDS: A University of North Bengal Biswas Socio-Legal Study of the State of West (Project Bengal." Investigator) 13. y·ISttmg . . F e II ow: NIA Name of the Visiting Duration Fellow 14. Any other Information: NIA 114 Department of Library & Information Science 1. Name of the Department Library and Information Science 2. Date of Establishment · 1990-91 3. Introduction of the department The Department of Library and Information Science was established in the year 1990-91. As a fully fledged department, it started with one year (two semesters) Bachelor of Library and Information Science (BLIS) with an intake of 56 students. In the year 2005 the department introduced the two years (four semesters) Master of Library and information Science (MLIS) with an intake of 40 students. The department is now having services of two full time faculties, four guest faculties and two non teaching staffs. The new annex building is accommodating both BLIS and MLIS courses and also have the provision for expansion of academic activities like M.Phil and Research programmes. Being the only department rendering such professional courses, the department is executing as an information hub in the entire North Bengal. 4. Name of the Faculty Professor Associate Qrofessor Assistant Qrofessor Dr. Saptarshi Ghosh Sri Tapan Barui 5. Name of the Research Scholars : NIL 6. Name of the Project Scholars :NIL 7. Name of the Non-teaching Staff :2 Name Designation I. Deep Kumar Dutta Gr. III (Casual) 2. Sankar Saha Gr. IV (Casual) 8. Student Strength Students Male Female Total BLIS ·pt Sem. 16 40 56. 2 11 d Sem. 15 34 49. MLIS 3rd Sem. 15 20 35. 1 4 " Sem. 15 20 35. 9. Seminar I Conference attended (Outside the Country & Within the Country) Name of Name of the Venue & Date Title of the paper presented the Teacher Seminar/Conference I 0. Or anized Seminar/Conferences: Name of the Seminar/Conference Date of the Seminar/Conference 11 . Publication: Name of the Author Name of the Book/Journal/Volume Year of Publication Department of Library and Advances in Library and Information Science 2015 Information Science 115 12. Researc hproiects . (M aior. & M'mar ) Ma.ior Research Pro.iect Title of the Scheme Project I Sanctioned Authority I NIL I . 1'}1IL I NIL Minor Research Proiect Title of the Scheme Project I Sanctioned Authority I NIL I NIL I NIL 13. v·ISi 't' mg F e II ow: Name of the Visiting Fellow Duration NIL NIL•;'.··.. .. NIL 14. Any other information: - Awards Received: -; • NIL. 116 Department of Lifelong Learning & Extension 1. Name of the Department: Department of Lifelong Learning & Extension 2. Date of Establishment: 3rd August, 1987 3. Introduction of the department: The Centre for Adult Continuing & Extension, University of North Bengal commenced functioning from August, 1987 with financial assistance received from the University Grants Commission. The Centre was upgraded into an academic department in April 2005 under the UGC Tenth Plan Guidelines and the name was eventually modified as Department of Adult, Continuing Extension Education & Field Outreach (DACEEFO). As per the Eleventh Plan Guidelines of UGC and the decision of the North Bengal University Executive Council, the Department has become a full-fledged Department with full academic status under the University of North Bengal. The nomenclature has been changed as the Department of Lifelong Learning & Extension (DLLE) in October, 2009. From its inception, the thrust of the Department has been the expansion of the third dimension of higher education in Northern part of West Bengal by meeting regional need of Adult Education, Continuing Education, Population Education, Health Education, Environmental Education and Rural Development Education as well as by taking up several successive educatirmal extension and outreach activities that extend far beyond the traditional academic programmes delivered through the University system. The general objective of DLLE is to contribute through the lifelong learning to the development of the community as an advanced knowledge society with sustainable economic development and to facilitate in bringing the changes in the lives of the common people by providing professional, vocational, skill based courses, workshops, trainings, seminars, sensitization cum awareness programme. 4. Name of the Faculty: Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor M.Yasin (Head) Monotosh Bose Dr. Ratna Sarkar (Contractual) Mahbub UI Alam Ms. Manasree Dasgupta (Part-time) 5. Name of the Research Scholars: a. Monalisa Das b. Arijit Talukdar c. Malini Dutta d. Dipika Dewan e. Sameer Das f. Seema Gupta 6. Name of the Project Scholars: None 7. Name of the Non-Teachin Staff: Name Basudeb Sutradhar A"o Sin ha 8. s tu d ents s trCn!?:t h : Students Male Female Total Part -I I st Semester 05 11 16 2"d Semester 03 09 12 Part -II 3rct Semester 07 18 25 4th Semester 07 18 25 117 9. Seminar/Conference attended (Outside the Country & Within the Country): Name of the Name of the Venue & Date Title of the Paper presented Teacher Seminars/Conference Mahbub Ul Social Dimensions of Department of Educational Problems of the Alam Development in North Sociology, University Minorities with Special Bengal and Sikkim of North Bengal, March Reference to Muslims in 10 & 11, 2016. Uttar Dinajpur District of West Bengal 10. 0 ri:?:amse. d sem marIC on tierences /W or ksh opfr ramm2:.. Name of the Workshop/Training Date of the Workshop/Training West Bengal State Level Consultation on 19th November, 2015 "Issues in nutrition security affecting Dali ts and Adivasis" Three-day Training of the Trainers (TOT) Programme 21st December, 2015 to 23rd On Panchavat and Rural Develonment December, 2015 11. Publication: Name of the Year of Name of the Book I Journal I Volume Author Publication Mahbub Ul 1. SAMBARTIKA 2015 Alam 2. SAMBARTIKA 2016 3. Shikad/ Loksanskriti Bishoyak Prabandha Sankalan, with 2016 Nanadadulal Debnath, Siliguri: NL Publishers Dr. Ratna I. International Journal of Marketing, Financial services & 2015 Sarkar Management Research. Vol.4. Oct-Dec. 2. Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities 2016 3. Journal of Bhutan Studies; Vol. 32. 2016 4. Journal of Bhutan Studies; Vol. 32. 2016 5. Journal of Global Research in Education and Social Science. 2016 International Knowledge Press. 7(2):94-99. 6. IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR- 2016 JHSS) Volume 21, Issue 11, Ver. 4 (Nov. 2016) 12. Research Projects (Major & Minor): Nil 13. V1sitine FeII ow: Name of the Visiting Fellow Duration Dr. Biswanath Chakraborty, June, 2015 (4 days); Professor and Head, December, 2015 (3 days) Department of Political Science, Rabindra Bharati University Kolkata 14. Any other information: Awards Received: None. 118 Department of Management 1) Name of the Department : Department of Management 2) Date of Establishment : April, 2003 3) Introduction of the Department The University is conducting a full time Master of Business Administration (MBA) Programme (approved by AICTE and recognized by UGC) under Department of Management in order to provide quality management education and other services of global standard in a high quality ambience. The Institution aspires to achieve excellence in every sphere of its activity including curricular works, research, professional outlook, consultancy, student support, & outreach programme. The Department of Management, University of North Bengal has been rated as an A+ category B-School in the National B School survey conducted by Business India, and other National B-School surveys like Businessworld, Business Today, and Competition Success Review. The department has also been rated as a Bl category BSchool based on the AIMA-IMRB National B-School survey 2010. Last year the students bagged 9th Position in the "Earthian Annual Awards 2012" conducted by WIPRO. The students of the department have recently entered the semi finals in Asia's B-Plan competition organized by IIT Bombay. The Department of Management, University of North Bengal is an official member of the Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS), where the contemporary members are the highly reputed B-Schools in India like IIMs, Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, FMS, IISWBM, Calcutta etc. This has enabled the Department of Management to gain its foothold in the sphere of the nationally acclaimed B-Schools of our country. 4) Name of the faculty Professor Associate Professor Sr. Lecturer/Lecturer Prof.(Dr). Rathin Bandyopadhyay Ms. Nandita Pradhan (Head) Dr. Subrata Ray Mr. Dipanjan Moitra Mrs. Piyali Chandra Khan 5) Name of the Research Scholars : None 6) Name of the Project Scholars : None 7) Name of the Non-Teaching Staff Name Designation Mr. Somnath Ghosh Office Assistant (Contractual) Mr. Deepak Kumar Chhetri Group-D (Casual) Mr. Somnath De Group-D (Casual) Mrs. Draupadi Mallik Group-D (Casual) 8) Students Strength Semester Male Female Total 1st Sem 19 27 46 Part -I { 211d Sem 3rd Sem 14 13 27 Part-II { 4th Sem 119 9. Seminar/Conferences attended (Outside the Country & within the Country): Name of the Name of the Venue & Date Title of the paper presented Teacher Seminars/Conference Mr. Dipanjan NCCT '15 Department of Computer Performance Evaluation of Moitra Science & Applications, BioPerl, Biojava, University of North BioPython, BioRuby and Bengal, 2015 BioSmalltalk for Executing Bioinformatics Tasks ICCS '16 Department of Computer A Study on Bio* Tools for (International) Science, University of Bioinformatics Tasks Burdwan, 2016 Ms. Piyali 6th National Department of Business The Impact of Information Chandra Business Research Administration, Technology on Commerce Khan Conference on Siliguri Institute of & Management: Evidence "Latest Trends in Technology, A Unit of from Indian Life Insurance Management, Techno India Group held Industry Economics & Social on 21st November, 2015 Sciences", LTMES - 2015 1 68 " All India \ noba Bhabe University, A Study on Influence of Commerce Hazaribag held on 61h - 81h Behavioral Finance on Conference November, 2015 Investors Preference towards Unit Linked Life Insurance Policies in India 10. 0 rganise. d s em marIC on fierences: Name of the Seminar/Conference Date of the Seminar/Conference Career Meet: : A Management Student Industry Interface 2016 Awhaan 2016: Round Table Conference on Industry- 2016 Institute Convergence 11. Publication: Name of the Year of Name of the Book I Journal I Volume Author Publication Prof. Rathin Human Rights and Duties, Subject book to be published by 2015 Bandyopadhyay University of North Bengal at University Press, ISBN No. 978-81-921285-3-5 Mr. Dipanjan International Journal of Computer Sciences and Engineering; 2015 Moitra ISSN: 23472693 Conference Proceeding of ICCS '16, University of Burd wan 2016 Management Information System; Himalaya Publishing 2016 House Pvt. Ltd.; ISBN: 978-93-5262-012-8 Ms. Piyali The Journal of 2015 Chandra Khan Commerce (Indian Commerce Association); ISSN: l 9-512X Quarterly Journal of Management Development (Indian 2015 Association for Management Development); ISSN:0048-6175 12.Research Pro·ects (Ma· or& Minor : Ma· or Research Pro· ect Title of the Scheme Pro·ect Sanctioned Authori 120 Nil Minor Research Pro.iect Title of the Scheme Project I Sanctioned Authority I Nil 13.Visitin Fellow: Name of the Visitin Fellow Duration Nil 14. Any other information: Awards Received - Ms. Piyali Chandra Khan won the Best Research Paper in Peter F. Drucker Memorial National Conference, 2015. 121 Department of Mass Communication 1. Name of the Department: Department of Mass Communication 2. Date of Establishment: 17th August 2009 3. Introduction of the Department: Within one year of the establishment, this Department has already made itself equipped with a PD professional camera, a SLR digital camera, few editing software and so on. The Department has been conducting regular practical classes on cinematography and video editing. The students are being taken to visit AIR at Kurseong, Doordarshan Kendra at Fulbari,Jalpaiguri and RED FM at Siliguri. The construction of the vertical extension of the building has been completed, and the department has accommodated class room and for lab purposes. Students are making short films/ documentaries, preparing advertisements, house journals to mention a few. Practical classes are given equal importance to the theory classes. 4. Name of the Faculty: • Subhrajyoti Kundu, Assistant Professor • Deepika Thapa, Assistant Professor (Contractual) 5. Name of the Reserach Scholars: NIL 6. Name of the Project Scholars: NIL 7. Name of the Non-Teaching Staff: • Dipak Dey, Peon (Casual) 8. Student strength: Male Female Total Part I: l 51 ·Sem. 7 17 24 2nd Sem. 6 8 14 Part II: 3rd Sem. 6 8 14 1 4 " Sem. 2 9 11 9. Seminar/Conference attended (Outside the country & Within the country): NIL I 0. Organized Seminar/ Conference: NIL 11. Publication: NIL 12. Research Projects (Major & Minor): NIL 13. Visiting Fellow: NIL 14. Any other information: All most all the previous batch students have been absorbed in renowned firms. 122 Department of Nepali 1. Name of the Department : NEPALI 2. Date of Establishment : 1977 3. Introduction of the Department : Full fledged Department for Nepali Literature 4. Name of the Faculty : Arts, Commerce & Law Professor 1. Prof. Ghanashyam Nepal 2. Prof. Mohan Prasad Dahal Reader 1. Dr. Naresh Chandra Khati 2. Dr. Krishnaraj Ghatani Sr. Lecturer/Lecturer 1. Dr. Pushkar Parajuli 5. Name of the Research Scholars : 1. Gyanendra Subba (NET-SRF) 2. Dup Tshering Lepcha (R.G.N.F) 3. Sarswati Mohora (R.G.N.F) 4. Gopimaya Gurung (N.B.U.) JRF 5. Bikram Biswakarma (R.G.N.F) 6. Kamana Lama (R.G.N.F) 7. Amrit Sharma (R.G.N.F) 8. Nilu Gahatraj (R.G.N.F) 9. Nita Pradhan (M.A.N.F) l 0. Nabina Thapa (M.A.N.F) 11. Adarsh Sundas (R.G.N.F) 12. Dipesh Lama (UGC-NET) JRF 6. Name of the Project Scholars : Nil 7. Name of the Non-Teaching Staff: Name Designation 1. Gyan Prasad Chhetri Technical Assistant (G-1) 2. Jamuni Sharma Record Supplier 3. Rina Subba Office Assistant (Casual) 8. Students Strength : Students Male Female Total Part- I pt Sem. 13 33 46 2°d Sem. Part - II 3rd Sem. 13 25 38 4th Sem. 123 9. Seminar/Conference attended (Outside the Country & Within the Country): Name of Name of the Seminars/ Venue & Date Title of the Paper the Teacher Conference Presented 1. Dr. Seminar : On Modem New Delhi organised by Modem Trends in Naresh Criticism in Eastern Regional Sahitya Akademy Nepali Criticism (in Chandra Language by Sahitya Central University, Tejpur English) Khati Academy. Assam, on 29.07.2015. 10. Or anized Seminar/Conference: Name of the Seminar/Conference Date of Seminar/Conference Nil Nil 11. Publication: Name of the Author Name of the Book/Journal/Volume Year of Publication Editor- Dr. Pushkar Parajuli Avijnan (Nepali Journal) Editorial Board: (ISSN: 0976-1640 ABHIJNAN) Prof. Ghanashyam Nepal Vol.5 No.5 I i. January to i Prof. Mohan Prasad Dahal i June 2016. 123. Asso.Prof. Krishnaraj Ghatani 4. Asso.Prof. Naresh Chandra Khati 12. Research Proiects 2. ILCI- Phase- II Project DIT/HRDM, New Delhi Department of Nepali Sanctioned Amount Rs. University of North Bengal 61.53 Lakhs. 1. Principal Investigator- Period: 27 September 2012 Prof. Ghanashyam Nepal. to 20th October, 2016 2. Co-PI- Dr. Pushkar Parajuli. (extended) 3. SPTIL-Project DIT/HRDM, Hyderabad Department of Nepali University, Andhra Pradesh University of North Bengal Sanctioned Amount Rs. 1. Principal Investigator- 33.81 Lakhs. Dr. Naresh Chandra Khati. Period: 2013 to 18th 2. Co-PI- Dr. Krishnaraj December 2016 (extended) Ghatani. Minor Research Project Title of the Scheme Sanctioned Authority Project Nil Nil 124 13. v·1s1tm2 . . F e IIow: Name of the Visiting Duration Fellow Nil Nil 14. Any other information: Beside the Departmental activities, the faculty members of Nepali Department are time to time engaged in various National and state level confidential works in relation to the Nepali language and literature assignments under the UPSC, UGC, WBPSC, WBCSSC & etc. 125 Department of Philosophy 1. Name: Philosophy 2. Date of Establishment: 1968 3. Introduction of the department: Department of Philosophy, North Bengal University is one of the very accomplished centers of learning and research in Philosophy in India. We pride ourselves in being a department where equal emphasis is placed on quality research as well as on development and training of students through extensive teacher-student interaction. The Department of Philosophy, University of North Bengal has been awarded Special Assistance DRS-II (2009-2014) and DRS-III (from 2014 onwards) \>y the UGC to carry on research on 'The Problem of Meaning in Classical Indian Philosophy m1d Contemporary Western Philosophy' including translation of Sanskrit texts into regional language. Centre for Buddhist Studies is also housed in the department. i. Courses Taught: MA, M Phil, PhD Cla!'sical and Contemporary Indian Philosoph nd Western Philosophy (From Ancient to Contemporary Penod) Brief Course Structure at MA Level: The compulsory papers comprise of basic themes in philosophy as epistemology, metaphysics, Ethics (both theoretical and applied), logic, Phenomenology, Existentialism, Post-modernism and Indian philosophy (classical and modem). Under each optional paper there are several alternatives to choose from, giving the students a scope to specialize in a particular direction as 1ell as acquaint themselves with new developments in the subject. There are 24 papers of 50 marks each. The total marks is 1600 of which 100 marks in each Semester are set aside for internal evaluation, such as l. Seminar presentation & group discussions (25 marks) 2. Tutorial taken by each individual teacher (25 marks) 3. Comprehensive viva voce (50marks) is conducted at the end of the written examination of each semester. Research Programme Ph.D. IM Phil The department also runs a successful Ph.D. and M.Phil Programme. About 40 PhD dissertations have been supervised by the teachers. At present there are about 22 registered Ph.D. scholars and 50 course work students in the Department. About a similar number ofM.Phil students completed their dissertations over the years. Research Profile: Research Interests: 1. Indian Philosophy - both classical and contemporary 2. Philosophy of Language with special reference to theories of meaning-Indian and Western 3. Ethics - traditional and applied 4. Continental Philosophy Thrust area under SAP is 'Theories of meaning'; Faculty members have undertaken research project on the thrust area i.e., the problem of meaning independently and collectively Some of the papers written by 126 the departmental colleagues as well as others invited from stalwarts from other Universities have been published. ii. Journal (if any) Name of the Journal: Philosophical Papers, Journal ofthe Dept. ofPh ilosophy, (ISSN 0976 - 4496) Editors: Head, Editor-in-Chief Co editor: Dr. Laxmikanta Padhi (from 2007 onwards) 4. Name of the Faculty: Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Prof. Debika Saha Dr. Koushik Joardar Dr. Laxmikanta Padhi Prof. Kantilal Das Dr. Nirmal Kr. Roy Dr. Anirban Mukherjee Prof. Jyotish Ch. Basak Dr. Ngaleknao ramthing Smt. Swagata Ghosh 5. Name of the Research Scholars: I. Soma Dutta, 2. Indrani Chowdhury, 3. Egam Khaling, 4. Juhi Routh, 5.Sanghamitra Barman, 6. Banani Barman, 7. Nabanita Bhowal, 8. Swati Bhattacharya, 9. Swati Ghatak, 10. Joly Roy, 11. Sujit Kumar Dutta, 12. Kaizar Rahaman, 13. Baishali Majumdar, 14.Jayeeta Majumdar, 15. Abir Kr. Das, 16.Sutapa Goswami, 17. Chandra Shekhar Monda!, 18. Monoranjan Roy Prodhani, 19. Hare Krishna Bannan, 20. Chayanika Roy, 21. Sutapa Goswami, 22. Debanjali Mukherjee, 23. Anup kr. Das, 24. Ranjit kr. Barman, 25. Shrabani Roy, 26. Sujata Deo, 27. Subir kumar Roy, 28. Gopa Bhattacharya 29. Priyanka Hazra, 30. Jadav Roy, 30. Buddhiswar Haldar, 31. Pankaj Kanti Sarkar, 32. Pinki Das, 33. Soumitra Chakroborty, 34. Rakhi Debnath, 35. Harendranath Barman, 36. Suman Das, 37. Bishnupriya Saha, 38. Sushobhan Debbarman, 39. Biman Kannakar, 40. Meenakshi Goswami, 41.Sadek Ali, 42. Rituparna Paul, 43. Hasen Ali Ahmed 6. Name of the Project Scholars: 7. Name of the Non-Teaching Staff: Name Desii:;nation Smt. Priyanka Roy Jr. Asstt. Cum Typist Sri Balaram Kundu Record Supplier 8. Students Strength: Students Male Female Total Part- I 1st Sem 36 27 63 2°d Sem 36 27 63 Part-II 3rd Sem 38 18 56 4th Sem 38 18 56 9. Seminar/Conferences attended (Outside the Countrv & Within the Country) Name of the Name of the Title of the Paper Venue & Date Teacher Seminars/conference oresented Dr. Koushik Within India: Joardar 1. Metaphysical 16.12.2015, Tradition from Plato to Mathabhanga College, Kant : ICPR periodical Jalpaiguri lecture 2. Morality and Justice: 10.2.2015 (Invited 127 RC in Law (ID) on Social Lecture) Justice Dr. Debika Within India: Saha l.89th session of Indian 5th_gth January, 2015, 'Global Justice: A Philosophical Congress A.N.University, A.P.India Study' 2. ICPR sponsored two Viswa-Bharati, 'Deconstructing the day national seminar on Santiniketan, 27th-28th unheard voices of the \Vomen'slssuesin March, 2015 subaltern' Philosophy & Comparative Religion 3. National Seminar on Dept. of Law, University 'Good Governance & 'Changing Dimensions of of North Bengal, 19th-20th Digital India' Col'lcept of Legal Systems December, 2015. & Rule of Law: Emerging Trends in Constitutional ism', 4. 90th Indian Magadth University, 'The Role of Good Philqsophical Congress Bodh-Gaya, Bihar, 1sq th Governance for making February, 2016 .. Digital India' Outside in India: I. 27th International Athens, Greece, 11th-16th 'Global Justice: Myth Conference of Philosophy july, 2015 or Reality' 2. \Vorld Phenomenology the Harvard Science 'The Lived Experince Institute Centre, Harvard of Posthuman I University, Massachutes, Phenomenology' US, 4th-6th june, 2015 4. 9th International Adelaide Convention 'The Role of Convention of Asian Centre, Australia, 5th_9th Cyberspace in South Scholars july, 2015 Asian \Vomen Intellectuals Lives' 5. Glocal Symposium New York University on 'Body-enhancement & 'Posthumanism & 8th May. 2015 Morphological Societv' Freedom' Dr. Nirmal Within India: Kumar Roy I .Philosophy and Practical SBS, Govt. College, Hili, "Philosophy and its I Life Dakshin Dinajpur utility in our day today Life" Dr. Within India: Laxmikanta I. International grh to 10th ofJanuary, 2016 The Relationship Pad hi Conference on Science at IIT, Mumbai. between Mind and andjaina Philosophy Body: Descartes, Spinoza, Liebnitz and I Jainism 2.UGC-ICPR sponsored Mahayana Buddhist Some Reflections on National Seminar on Studies, Acharya Buddhist Morality Philosophy ofMind, Nagarjuna University, Matter and Morals from Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, Buddhist Perspective at from 12th to 14th February, Centre 2016. 3. Two lectures on UGC's human Resource Attended Environmental Ethics Development Centre, and Ecofeminist Thought University of North in the Refresher Course in Bengal on 5th November Environmental Science 2015. 3. Two lectures on UGC's Centre for Attended Intrinsic value in Professional Development Nature: the Value and Higher Education Objectivist's Position Development, (UGC- and Environmental HRDC) Delhi University, Holism in Hindu on 4th March, 2016 Philosophy and Culture 4. Certificate Course in University of North Ecological Crisis and Centre for Womens' Bengal on 12th March, Ecofeminism Studies, 2016. 5. National Seminar on Department of Reason, Emotion and Philosophy, 23rd Dream: Philosophical November, Excavations 2015 6. World Philosophy Day, pt December 2015, 2015 Department of Philosophy 7. National Seminar on Department of Language and Meaning: Philosophy, 9th to 1oth East and Western February, 2016 Perspective Smt. Within India: Swagata 1. Delivered invited P.D. Women's College, Ghosh lecture on "Knowing the Jalpaiguri, 2015 Couselling process' and conducted workshop on "International aspects of Communication" 2.lnvited as Resource UGC Human Resource Person for Refresher Development Centre, Course (Need-Based) in University of North Counselling Bengal, 2016 3.Delivered lecture on Centre for Women's "Women's Studies: Studies, University of Analysis and North Bengal, March 10, Observations" at UGC 2016. Sponsored 7-day Certificate Course on Women's Studies 10.01manize . d semmar IC on tierences: Name of the Seminar/Conference Date of the Seminar/Conference Dr. Laxmikanta Padhi: 1. National Seminar on Reason, Emotion and 23rd November, 2015 Dream: Philosophical Excavations Dr. Ngaleknao Ramthing I .National Seminar on "The Theory of 9th - l01h February, 2016. Meaning: Eastern & Western" Smt. Swagata Ghosh I .National seminar on "Reason, Emotio. 23rd November, 2015 Dream: Philosophical Excavations" 11.Publication: Name of the author Name of the Book/JournalNolume Year of Publication Dr. Koushik l .Astibaad o Bangla sahityer duti khun (Existentialism and 2016 Joardar Two murders in Bengali Literature) Dr. Debika Saha I.Citizenship in the Posthuman Era in Philosophical 2015 Papers: Journal of Philosophy, Dept. of Philosophy, University of North Bengal, Vol-X 2. Paper titled 'The Rights of the Marginalized' published in 2015 the edited volume of 'Human Rights and Duties' by the Law Dept.N.B.U. Dr. Laxmikanta 1. Speech, Thought, Skills, and Some Proofs of Reason in 2015 (in Pad hi Animals: A Greek Philosophical Perspective in Language press) and Communication (edit.) Kanti Lal Das, Northern Book Centre, New Delhi. (NBU studies in Philosophy-22) 2. An Attack on Scepticism in Ravenshaw Journal of 2015 Philosophy, Dept. of Philosophy, Vol.-1. 3. Some Observations on Animal Rights in Does Human 2015 Right Exists? Edit. Sidhatrtha Chattterjee, Manav Prakashan, Kolkata 4. Ethical Approaches in Anthropology in the semi-annual March, ' journal South Asian Anthropologist, Serials Publications. 2016 5. Is Indian Philosophy Mystical in Philosophical Papers: 2015 Journal of Philosophy, Dept. of Philosophy, University of North Bengal, Vol-X, March, Smt. Swagata 1. 'Moral Communication in Purva-Minansa Darsana: A (In press) Ghosh Prescription for Right Living' Lanf!:Zlaf{e and 130 Communication: Esat-West Comparartive Study, NBU Stuidies in Philosophy: 28 (UGC SAP DRS - II), Department of Philosophy, University of North Bengal and Levant Book, Kolkata pp. xx-xx [JSBN:-xx] 2.Empathic Communication: A New Paradigm to the 2015 (In Problem of Knowing Other Minds', Philosophical Papers, press) Vol. XI, Department of Philosophy, University of North Bengal, [ISSN:- 0976 4496] 3. Effective Communication: An Important Means of 2016 (In Problem - Solving', Counselling: Approaching Mental press Health Issues ofthe Present Generation, Mathabhanga College, Cooch Behar, rISBN: - 978-81-932449-1-31 12. Reserach Pro· ects a· or & Minor : Ma· or Research Pro· ect Title of the Scheme Pro· ect Sanctioned Authori Minor Research Pro· ect Title of the Scheme Pro· ect Sanctioned Authori 13. Visiting Fellow: Name of the Visiting Fellow Duration I. Prof. Gopal Ch. Khan, Rtd. Professor Burdwan (19.08.2015-21.08.2015) University 2. Prof. R. C. Pradhan, Hyderabad Central (24.08.2015 - 28.08.2015) . University / 3. Prof. Rupa Bandyapadhyay, Jadavpur University (21.09.2015 -23.09.2015) 4. Prof. Rajat Kumar Bhattacharjee, Burdwan (03.12.2015) University 5. Prof. Tapan Chakroborty, Jadavpur University (04.12.2015) 6. Amb. Ashoke Sajjanhar, Ambassadar of India to Latvia ( 10.12.2015) Kazakhstan, Sweden 7. Dr. Panos Eliopoulos, University of Pelounese, (13.01.2016) Greece 8. Prof. Asha Maudgail, Panjab University (15.02.2016-17.02.2016) 9. Prof. Chhanda Chakraborti, Kharagpur, IIT (15.02.2016-17.02.2016) 10~ Prof. Ashok Vorha, Delhi University) (14.03.2016- 16.03.2016 11. Prof. Amitabha Dasgupta, Hyderabad Central (15.03.2016-18.03.2016) . University I 12. Prof. Bhaswati Bhattacharya Chakroborty, North (29.03.2016-31.03.2016) / Bengal University 131 Department of Political Science The Department of Political Science is one of the leading Departments in the University. It was established in the year of 1962. It offers Post Graduate teaching. The Department offers five special Courses. The students are also offered one practical Research Methodology training based on field survey. It also executes regular M.Phil and Ph.D Courses. Apart from these, there are two posts of JRF where the NET/SLET qualified students work for their Ph.D Degree, Part-time scholars in huge number also work for Ph.D. under the supervision of different teachers. Faculty Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Dr. M.Yasin Dr. Maya Ghosh Smt. Ranjita Chakrabarty Dr. Anup Kr. Datta Dr. Dyutis Chakraborty Sri Ramesh Dural Dr. Manas Chakraborty Dr. Arnn Kanti Jana Dr. Soumitra De Name of the Research Scholars Shanta Kerketta, Amrita Roy Sarkar, Biki Biswakarma, Chimme Tamang, Bhajan Basak, Purnima Roy, Tseten Uden Bhutia, Akangsha Mukhia, Aloka Roy, Mukunds Giri Name of the Project Scholars : Nil Name of the Non-Teaching Staff: 1) Ramprosad Bhattacharjee Enrolment of Students : SC ST GEN OBC Total M-F M-F M-F M-F Sem.-1 21-18 06-04 13-08 02-03 75 Sem.-Il 20-15 06-05 13-08 02-03 75 Sem.-IIT 10-11 00-05 16-15 01-02 60 Sem.-IV 10-11 00-05 16-15 01-02 60 Seminars/Workshops organized by the Department: 1. Symposium on 'Human Rights: Ethics, Values and Ideology', March 2015(UGC) 2. National Seminar on Nehru and Nation-building in India, March 2015 (Centre for Nehru Studies) Major research projects sanctioned/completed : S.De, D.Chakrabarti & M.Yasin : "Applications of ICT & Major Governmental Programmes in the Remote and Rural Areas of North Bengal" (Rs. 8 lakh) Publications: Prof. M.Chakraborty: 1. Post Nehruvian Politics in India, Kolkata, 2015 (Book) 132 2. JUDICIAL ACTIVISM : A BULWARK OF INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM in Sahoo Jitendra lndia's Constitutional Development Since The 1950s : Its Socio-Political and Economic Dimensions. (New Delhi: New Academic Publishers, 2015) 3. INDO-CHINA RELATIONSHIP: A PRISMATIC VIEW in Mahendra Gaur (ed) UDIES ON CHINA (New Delhi, Paragon International Publishers,2015) 4. Judiciary and Multiculturalism in India, NAM Today, Vol.55, 2015. 5. Social Justice and Indian Polity, South Asia Politics, Vol-3, 2015. 6. GOOD GOVERNANCE VIS A VIS PUBLIC POLICY : SOME CONSIDERATIONS. in Barthwal C.P. (ed) - THE ORIGINS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AS A UNIVERSITY LEVEL DISCIPLINE IN INDIA (Nainital, Ankit Prakashan,2015). 7. JA WAHARLAL NEHRU AND NATION BUILDING IN INDIA in Chakrabarty, Manas -(Ed) - Post Nehruvian Politics in India: Agitations, Assimilations and Consequences. (Kolkata, Levant Books, 2015). Prof. Soumitra De : Technology, Politics and Indian Political Science" in The West Bengal Political Science Review, Vol. XVIII, No. 1&2, 2015-16 Dr. Arun Kanti Jana : 1. The Construction of a Kosli Identity and the Movement for a Separate State of Kasal in Western Odisha in the book. 2. S.K. Roy & R.S. Mukhopadhyay (eds), Ethnicity in the East and North-East India. Dr. Ranjita Chakraborty : I. "Gender Justice and Women's Empowerment in India: Exploring the Realities and Possibilities'', in Basu, J. and Jana. M (ed) Women's Empowerment: Miles to go .. , Radiance, Kolkata,2015. 2. "Empowerment through Self Help Groups: A study on the role of SHG in the process of Women's Empowerment in the districts of Jalpaiguri, Coochbehar and Siliguri subdivision", Journal of Life Long Learningand Education, NBU, Vol 3, 2011 (published in 2015). 3. 9. Women, NGOs and CBNRM in West Bengal, in The West Bengal Political Science Review , Vol. XVIIINo.I and 2 2015-2016. 4. 10. Cyber Crimes and Women: A Story of One step forward and two steps backward, in Indian Journal of Human Rights and Law, Volume 13, No.1-2, January-December 2015. 5. 11. Judiciary in India: The Dialogic Space, in Journal of Political Studies, Vol 11, 2015. SAr-DRS: The UGC has elevated The Status of the SAP of the Department of Political Science from the stage of SAP-DRS-II to the stage of DRS-III. 133 Department of Sociology 1. Name of the Department: Department of Sociology 2. Date of Establishment: 1976 3. Introduction of the Department: 1976 4. Name of the Faculty Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Rajatsubhra Mukhopadhyay Swatahsiddha Sarkar Sanjay Roy NIL Saswati B iswas Mita Bhadra 5. Name of the Research Scholars: i) Dr. Mausume Basuroy Datta (ICSSR Post Doctoral Fellow) ii) Smriti Rai (University/ State Research Fellow) iii) Kumar Chhetri (ICSSR Fellow) iv) Perna Choki Bhutia (UGC-JRF) v) Manita Subba (UGC-JRF) vi) Thondup Bhutia (UGC-JRF) vii) Dichen Lamu Sherpa (MANF) viii) Kunsang Bhutia (RGNF) ix) Niyati Rekha Sharma (UGC-JRF) x) Renuka Rai (MANF) xi) Subrata Mukherjee xii) Apama Chaterjee xiii) Sylvia Raha xiv) Bappi Singha xv) Priyanka Karmakar xvi) Amlan Lahiri xvii) Babika Khawas xviii) Pooja Gupta xix) Amal Roy xx) Taniya Basumajumdar xxi) Pintu Majumder xxii) Debasis Rai xxiii) Viveka Gurung 6. Name of the Project Scholars: NA 7. Name of the Non-Teaching Staff: Shambhu Das, Dinesh Sharma 8. s tu d ent Stren!!t h : Students Male Female Total First Semester 08 32 40 Second Semester 09 31 40 Third Semester 08 29 37 Fourth Semester 4 11 15 -- 134 Seminar/ Conferences attended (Outside the country/ within the country) Name of the Name of the Conference/ Venue & Date Teacher Seminar Title of the Paper Prof. Rajatsubhra 1. UGC sponsored Birpara College, "Globalisation & Social Mukhapadhyay National Seminar on Alipurduar, Aug. 28- Transformation in India" Changing Scenario of 29, 2015 Society & Culture in the Context of Globalization 2. Special Lecture in the Dinhata College, "ManishiPanchanan UGC sponsored seminar Coochbehar, Sept. Barma, Rajbanshi Society on 'Manishi Panchanan 26-27, 2015 & Social Mobility: From Barma: Social, Economic Kshatriyaization to & Political Thoughts & Janajati Karana" their Relevance in Recent Times' 3. UGC sponsored Department of "Conformity with National Seminar on Sociology, NBU, Sexuality in Everyday 'Everyday Life & Social Oct. 5, 2015 Life" Relations' 4. Special Lecture Agrasen "Village Studies in India: Mahavidyalay, Trends and Perspectives" Department of Sociology, Dalkhola, I Uttar Dinajpur, December 8, 2015 Prof. Sanjay Roy 1. Session Chair on 45th Department of Jute "Issues in Social/Cultural Annual Conference of the Technology, Calcutta Anthropology in Indian Anthropological University, May 23- Contemporary Times" Society 25,2015 2. Annual Conference of KIT, Bhubaneswar, "Nuances of Social the Indian Sociological Dec. 2015 ! Relations in Everyday Society Life" 3. Lecture in Orientation Department of "Culture and Politics" Course Human Resource Development, I University of North Bengal, Apr. 7, 2016 Prof. Saswati 1. Lecture in Refresher Department of "God men and Sociology Biswas Course Human Resource of Faith in the era of Development, Globalisation" University of North Bengal, Feb.20, 2016 2. Lecture in Orientation Department of "Ethics in Research" Course Human Resource Development, NBU, Dec. 7,2015 I Dr. 1. The Annual Kathmandu Shankar Hotel, "Linguistic Situation in --j Swathasiddha Conference on Nepal & Lazimpat Darjeeling-Sikkim Sarkar the Himalaya, Social Kathmandu, Nepal, Himalayas: Interstices Science Baha, The July 27-29, 2016 between Identity, Association for Nepal and Difference and Himalayan Studies, Belongingness" Britain-Nepal Academic Council, Centre for Himalayan Studies-CNRS & Nepal Academic Network (Japan) 2. The Annual Kathmandu Shankar Hotel, "Locating Nepal in Conference on Nepal & Lazimpat Indian Sociology and the Himalaya, Social Kathmandu, Nepal, Social Anthropology: Science Baha, The July 27-29, 2016 Mapping the Research Association for Nepal and Highways from India to Himalayan Studies, Nepal" (Co-authored) Britain-Nepal Academic Council, Centre for Himalayan Studies-CNRS & Nepal Academic Network (Japan) 3. International Centre for TISS, Guwahati, "Globalization and Development and Decent April 29-30, 2016 Plantation Labour Work (ICDD), Germany Changing Contours of funded Conference on Labour Relations in the Labour Markets in Eastern Darjeeling Tea Belt" (co- Himalayas and North East authored) India: Changing Patterns I and Emerging Issues, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Guwahati 4. Preconference at the The Centre for South The Class Question Annual Madison South Asia, University of Among the Indian Asia Conference on Wisconsin-Madison, Nepalis: Darjeeling in Darjeeling Histories, October 22, 2015 Perspective" (Co- Politics, and authored, paper Environments, The Centre presented in absentia) for South Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison " 10.0rgamse . d sem marsIC on fierences: I Name of the Seminar/ Conference/ Venue & Date of the Seminar/ Organised Workshop Conference by 1. Organized a National seminar on Department of Sociology, NBU, Oct. Prof. Sanjay Everyday life 5, 2015 Roy 2. Organized as Coordinator a Refresher Department of Sociology and Human Prof. Sanjay Course at the Human Resource Resource Development Centre (UGC) Roy Development Centre (NBU) 17 Feb- 8 March 2016 Globalization and its Impact on Society 3. Co-organized a National seminar on Department of Sociology, NBU, Prof. Sanj~y I Issues Relating to Development of North March 10-11, 2016 Roy j 136 Bengal and Sikkim 4. Co-organized a National seminar on Department of Sociology, NBU, Prof. Saswati Issues Relating to Development of North March 10-11, 2016 Biswas Bengal and Sikkim 11. Publication: Name of the Title of the paper/ book/ edited Title of journal I publication detail of author volume book Prof. "Reflections on the Demand of ST Social Trends Vol.2 No. 1, 2015 Rajatsubhra Status by some Ethnic Groups m ISSN: 2348-6538 Mukhapadhva Darjeeling Hills" Ethnicity in the East and North East Co-edited with Sanjay Roy (2015), Gyan: India (Co-edited volume) New Delhi Prof. Sanjay Ethnicity in the East and North East Co-edited with Rajatsubhra Roy India (Co-edited volume) Mukhapadhva, (2015), Gyan: New Delhi Guest editor with Prof. TB Subba Journal of Indian Anthropological Society, Special Issue in memory of Prof. Nirendra Chandra Choudhury, (2015) Vol. 49, Nos. 1 & 2, ISSN 0019-4387 Editor Social Trends: Journal of the Department of Sociology of North Bengal University, (2016) Vol. 2, No.I; ISSN: 2348-6538 'Tribal Question in North-East India: Ajit K. Danda, Sarthak Sengupta and Changing "Governmentality" and Dipali G. Danda (eds.) Unrest, Identity Politics' Insurgency and Beyond. Jhargram: Indian National Confederation and Academy of Anthropologists and IGRMS, (2015) (ISBN: 978-93-83088- 06-5) "Marginalisation, Alienation and Sanjay K. Roy and Rajatsubhra Ethnic Identity Formation: The Case Mukhopadhyay (eds.) Ethnicity in the of the Adivasis in Dooars and Terai East and North-East India, (2015), New Regions of North Bengal" Delhi: Gyan Publishing House, ISBN: 978-81-212-1255-7 "Colonized Physical and Mental Sumita Choudhuri (ed.) Facets of Space and Conflicts in Cities" Urbanization. (2015), UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ISBN: 978-1-443 8- 7111-2 Prof. Saswati "Health and Morbidity m North Social Trends (2016) Vol. 2, No. I; ISSN: Biswas Bengal: A Field Report from Mahipal 2348-6538 Village in Phansidewa Block" Dr. "Missing Links: Globalisation, Labour Frontier, Vol. 49, No. 9, Sep 4 - 10, Swathasiddha and National Society" 2016, Available at URL: http://www". Sarkar frontierweekly. com I articles I vol-49 · I 49-9/ 49-9- Globalisation % 20 Labour % 20 and % 20 National % 20 Society. html "How (Not) to Write Hill History: Economic and Political Weekly, 51 (5): Gorkhaland and Telangana Are Not 94-95. (ISSN 0012-9976) Similar" 137 "Nepali Nation and Nationalism in Studies in Nepali History and Society Darjeeling: Kumar Pradhan m (SINHAS), 20( 1): 31-68. ISSN: 1025- Perspective" 5109 12. Research Projects (Maior & Minor) Major Research Project Title/ Scheme of the Proiect Sanctionine Authoritv Name of the teacher A Moral Economy of Labour? Tea ICS SR- University of Lausanne, Dr. Swatahsiddha Cooperatives m Eastern Switzerland Scholars Exchange Sarkar Himalayan and Sub-Himalayan Grants under Indo-Swiss Joint Bengal Tea Zone Research Programme (2016-1 7) Minor Research Project Title/ Scheme of the Proiect Sanctionine Authoritv Name of the teacher 11. Gender Based Violence in UGC-SAP DRS II, Department of Prof. Rajatsubhra Tribal Society with special Sociology, NBU 2014-15 Mukhapadhya reference to Southern Region of North Bengal 2. Health and Morbidity in North University of North Bengal Prof. Saswati Biswas Bengal: A Study of Mahi pal Research Grant 2014-15 Village in Phansidewa 3. State-Society Relationship and University of North Bengal Dr. Swatahsiddha the Sociological Significance of Research Grant 2015-16 Sarkar the New Constitution in Nepal 4. Fostering Academic and Policy B p Koirala India-Nepal Dr. Swatahsiddha Research Collaboration between Foundation funded and Martin Sarkar India and Nepal and Related Chautari, Nepal 2015 Activities l5. Tribal Identity and Politics m University of North Bengal Dr. Swatahsiddha the Darjeeling Hills: A Research Grant 2014-15 Sarkar Sociological Study ·- 13. Vi s1·t· me F e II ow: Name of the Visitin2 Fellow Duration - 1. Prof. Shovanlal Dutta Guota 23-24 Februarv 2016 2. Dr. Suraiit C Mukhopadhvav 2-3 March 2016 138 CHAPTER - III RESEARCH CENTERS Centre for Himalayan Studies 1. Name of the Department/Centre : Centre for Himalayan Studies 2. Date of Establishment : 11th December 1978 3. Introduction of the Department : Strategic and Area Studies, 2005. 4. Name of the Faculty Professor Reader (Assoc. Professor) Sr. Lecturer/Lecturer (Asst. Professor) Prof. Sekh Rahim Monda! Dr. Ujjwal Bhui Prof. Rangadhar Sahu Prof. Maitreyee Choudhury Prof. Karubaki Datta 5. Name of the Research Scholars : Ms. Deepika Chhetri, SRF, NBU Sri Vinay Limbu, SRF, NBU Sri Aditya Subba, JRF, UGC Ms. Jayashree Dey, JRF, UGC Ms. Deepika Lama, JRF, RGNF Sri Suresh Subba, JRF, RGNF 6. Name of the Project Scholars Chakradhari Saha 7. Name of the Non-teaching Staff Name Designation Sri Ajay Misra Documentation Officer Dr. Debi Prasad Boot Cartographer Sri Hari Nath Poddar Superintendent (technical) Sm. Ratna Das Office Assistant Group C (Casual) Sm. Munna Mangar Senior Peon Sri Ajay Thakur Group-D (Casual) 8. Students Strength Students Male Female Total Part - I 151 Sem .. 01 04 05 2"d Sem. 01 04 05 Part - II 3rd Sem. 00 05 05 4th Sem. 00 05 05 9. s cm111ar IC on flerences atten de d (0U t SI"d e th e c oumryt an d W"th.I 111 tl1e C oumry t ) Name of Name of the I Venue and Date the Teacher Seminars/Conference Title of the paper presented Prof. M. International Workshop Pondicherry University, "Human Development vis-a- Choudhury on "Human Security: 16-18 March, 2016. vis Gross National Happiness Emerging Trends and 111 Bhutan: Challenges and Challenges" Achievements" UGC sponsored " Dept. of Sociology, "Development of j National Seminar North Bengal Hydroelectric Power Projects University, 02-03 and Their Impacts in Sikkim" . 139 March, 2016. 4th International Tokyo University of "Kalikata-Calcutta-Ko lkata: " Congress of Bengal Foreign Studies, Tokyo, Making and unmaking of a Studies (ICBS) Japan, 12-13 December, Conurbation in Bengal" 2015 "Society and the Development Perspectives in the Himalayas" Symposium cum Centre for Himalayan "Some Conceptions and " Workshop on Studies, North Bengal Misconceptions about Globali~ation and University, 26-27 Globalization" Global Studies: November 2015. Interdisciplinary Perspectives' International Seminar on Lund University, Lund, ill " "Trends transnational Structural Sweden, 20-22 May, migration of workers from Transformation of South 2015. Nepal to Sikkim in the Asia Eastern Himalayas and its implications on demography and social sustainability" International Seminar on IGRMS, Bhopal and " "Rong Lopon Sonam Cultural Heritage of Dept. of Anthropology, Tshering Lepcha and his Sikkim Sikkim University, 'Museum of innocence': A Gangtok, 25-27 April, unique m1ss10n for the 2015: preservation of Lepcha Arts and Crafts" Prof. R. UGC sponsored Dept. of Philosophy, NA Sahu National Seminar SAP NBU, 09-10 February (DRS - III), "Theories 2016. of Meaning: Eastern and western Perspectives National Seminar on Dept. of Philosophy, NA "Reason, Emotion and NBU, 23 November, Dream: Philosophical 2015 Excavations" Prof. K. Association of Tibetan Mountains in Future "Sacred groves and Datta Studies, Earth, Perth, Scotland, conservation of forests ill World Mountain 5-7 October, 2015 Sikkim." Conference Institute of Historical "On the historiography of S.P. Sen centenary Studies, Kolkata, 19-20, Sikkim" " memorial seminar on February, 2016 Historiography 140 lJjjwal NA NA NA I l~hui I 0. Organized Seminar/Conferences: Date of the Name of the Seminar/Conference Remarks - --- ·--- ____ ,______Seminar/Conference_ Symposium I Workshop on 26-27 November, 2015 Symposium Director: Prof. ·'Globalization and Global Studies" S.R. Monda) 11 . Publication: Name of the Name of the Book/JournalNolume Year of Author Publication Prof. Maitrcycc "The Concept of Gross National Happiness and its March, 2016 Choudhury Application in the Process of Development in Bhutan", Occasional Paper No 21, Centre for Himalayan Studies, North Bengal University. ·'Hydroelectric Power Generation and its Impact on Cultural 2015 Ecology in the Himalayas: A Study of Hydro-power Projects on River Teesta in Sikkim" in Dialogue, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp 86-96, January-March 2015, New Delhi. Prof. Karubaki "Human flows, trade and security: The changing role of 2015 Datta Chumbi Valley in the Himalayan region" Athens Journal of History (published by the History research unit of the ATlNER, Greece) Vol.I, No 3, 2015. ·'Across the peaks through the passes - The Tibetans in the 2015 hills of Darjeeling" Omnibus of North Bengal, vol.2, (ed) Anita Bagchi, B.R. Publishers, New Delhi. Dr. Ujjwal Bhui "Microsociology of inter-ethnic relationships: A study in 2016 Darjeeling District and Dooars since the formation of Gorkhaland Territorial Administration" South Asian Anthropologist, Vol-16, No. I, March 2016, Page No. 97-117. "Quest for identity or development, or for both: An 2015 assessment of the desirable alternatives in Darjeeling Himala a" Nrtattv: The Anthro olo , Vol. 8 Jan-June 2015 . 12. Research Projects (Major & Minor) Major Research Project Title of the Scheme of the Project Sanctioning authority I. "Ethnic Movements for Autonomy: A Sociological Study of Some CCS SR Ethnic Groups of West Bengal vis-a-vis Jharkhand with Reference to (2015-2017) Their Struggle for Autonomy to Solve Their Identity and Development Re la~d Issues": Pl Dr. Ujjwal Bhui 141 Minor Research Project Title of the Scheme of the Project Sanctioning authority Remarks l. "Area Studies in Social Sciences: Bridging UGC/CHS Under Area Studies the gap in Disciplinary Studies": PI Prof. Programme Maitreyee Choudhury (2015-2019) 2. "Migration of workers from Nepal to UGC/CHS Do Sikkim and Darjeeling district and its impact on demography'': PI Prof. Maitreyee Choudhury 3. "Natural disasters in the Eastern UGC/CHS Do Himalayas: The social and _ economic dimensions": PI Prof. Rangadhar Sahu 4. "Frontiers ofgeographical research on the UGC/CHS Do Himalayas": PI Prof. Rangadhar Sahu 5. "Anti-Chinese protest movements in Tibet UGC/CHS Do - Issues and trends": PI Prof. Karubakj D"tta 6. "Forests, settlements and environment in UGC/CHS Do Sikkim during Colonial period of Indian history": PI Prof. Karubaki Datta 7. "Forest situation in Bhutan: Government's UGC/CHS Do role/strategies and people 's participation in forestry in Bhutan": PI Dr. Ujjwal Bhui 8. "The Chinese claim on Arunachal Pradesh UGC/CHS Do and its impact on the people of the Indian state: A social-psychological study": PI Dr. Ujjwal Bhui 9. "Himalayan Studies in the Asiatic Society NBU 2015 of Bengal": PI Prof. Karubaki Datta 13. Visiting Fellow: Dr. Bandana Mukherjee, The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, Guest Faculty for Tibetan language. 14. Foreign Visit by the faculty: Prof. Maitreyee Choudhury visited Lund University, Sweden (May, 2015) and Tokyo University of Foreign Languages, Japan (December 2015). Prof. Karubaki Datta visited University of Highlands and Islands, Perth, Scotland (October 2015). 15. Any other information: The Documentation Cell of the Centre upgraded facilities for readers and visitors from India and abroad and the Current Awareness List was prepared by the Documentation Officer Sri Ajay Misra. 142 Centre for Women's Studies l. BACKGROUND OF THE WOMEN'S STUDIES CENTRE, NBU 1.1 Name of the University University of North Bengal 1.2 State West Bengal 1.3 Address Centre for Women's Studies, University of North Bengal Raja Rammohunpur, P.0- North Bengal University, Dist. Darjeeling, PIN-734013. 1.4 Date of Establishment July, 2000. 1.5 Date of Assignment of The Centre has been placed under Phase-I by UGC at Present Phase the end of the Xth Plan as per letter F.No.7-1/2007(WS),. dated 7 July 2009. However, at the end of the XIth Plan it has been upgraded by the UGC to Phase- II as per the letter F.No.7-68/2007(WS) dated 21 51 March, 2012. 1.6 Name of the Director Dr. Sushma Rohatgi, from 241hFebruary, 2012 (Honorary) & Date from when in position 2. ACTIVITIES OF THE CENTRE 2.1 Objectives:- Brietly, the purpose behind the establishment of the Centre for Women's Studies at the University of North Bengal was two-fold, namely a) to articulate the situations of women in general and their developmental needs through academic research, teaching programmes with an ultimate policy focus; b) to fulfill critical gender needs and to build self-awareness and self-confidence among women in the region, through grass root empowerment activities that would encourage their articulate participation in the institutions of governance. 2.2 Fulfillment:- Since its establishment in 2000, programmes undertaken at CWS have sought to reach out to women of all sections from the North Bengal districts and Sikkim, in order to fulfill these objectives. The core activities undertaken by CWS in framing a regional research programme in Women's Studies are an integral part of the CWS Action Plan. CWS also provides critical community support services, and networks with Government institutions, women's organizations and NGOs in order to generate Community Action for the fulfillment of regional women's needs. Keeping the basic objectives in view, the Centre for Women's Studies has endeavored to coordinate multidisciplinary activities that can synergies the expertise into a definite core for Women's Studies pe11aining to the North Bengal region. The Centre has also undertaken programmes to extend research and training skills of individual scholars and departments, within and without the University system. 143 Projects and programmes undertaken by the Centre have sought to formulate developmental policies for the betterment and empowerment of the women of this region. To realize and attain the above, the Centre has established an interface of technical, academic and administrative skills throughout the region. Various departments at the University have already established programmes in Women's Studies with a significant research component in addition to their teaching content. The Centre has endeavored to consolidate and strengthen these studies and capabilities under its umbrella. However, since 2009 during Xlth Plan, the Centre has started Refresher Course on Women's Studies for University and College teachers, in collaboration with UGC Academic Staff College of the University. Till date the Centre has successfully completed six (07) Refresher Courses. First Refresher Course on Status & Empowerment of Women (17th Nov-7th Dec 2009), Second Refresher Course on Women in Contemporary India: Problems & Prospects (10th-30th Nov., 2010), Third Refresher Course on Gender & Society (23'd Feb-14th March, 2011), Fourth Refresher Course on Women & Discrimination (22°d Aug.-11 th Sept 2012), Fifth Refresher Course on Women & Social Security (2°d-22nd May, 2013), Sixth Refresher Course on Women, Society & Crime (30th Oct -19th Nov. 2014) and Seventh Refresher Course on Gender in Literature and Society (5th Aug - 25th Aug 2015). Further, to generate academic interest amongst the young generation towards Women's Studies and make them aware to gender issues the Centre has started short term Certificate Courses on various women's issues along with its regular activities like Research works, Publications, Seminar, Workshop, Sensitization and Awareness programmes 0 .1 gender issues at various level including the grass root women. The project work initiated at the Centre aids the formulation of gender sensitive development policies and programme for the upliftment and empowerment of women in the region. Centre's contribution towards expansion of women's studies teaching research and field action are as follows: • UGC has supported the Center's and facilitated to become teaching and research departments in the university system .Till today, CWS was acting as a research department, now NBU would like to expand the knowledge of Women's Studies to wider range by introducing M.phil course, which will automatically enhance the research activity through dissertation paper. • As the thrust is to develop field action projects for action research, evaluation and enhancement of knowledge and partnership across boundaries of caste/class/religious community and occupation. Enhancement of knowledge amongst different religious and caste has been considered during screening of candidates for training on basics of Computer, open source software, digital India and Geoinformatics. • Evaluation of enhancement of knowledge about their rights etc has been done through project in and around NBU. • New focus emphasizes monitoring, partnership & clustering as well as orientation and training ,has been done by organizing workshops and training for different section of the people of society such as training on book binding (Rural area dominated by SC/ST population), computer training & Geoinformatics (Research scholars), Certificate course on Women Studies (for NGO & graduate students). Partnership with different colleges and organization by delivering lectures. • Multi layered understanding of the realities of women's lives has been presented through the Gender Atlas of West Bengal using GIS technique, which is visual and analytical. The picture of the status of women can be visualized easily with clarity. ' • Women's Studies was initially conceptualized as a branch of Social sciences and Humanities as Women's Studies programme in addition to social sciences, must engage with other disciplines of 144 science & technology, forestry, medicine ;as development in these areas have a great bearing on Women's lives hence:- o Knowledge of medicine has been given by Physicians, Homeopathic Doctors, Prof. of Community Medicine through special lectures to the students, through refresher's course to the teachers and through awareness programme in the forest and tribal villages. o Knowledge of medicinal plants o Workshops were organized for women participants on computer training, Digital India, Open Source software programs on Linux platform and Geo-informatics. • The fund given by UGC has really acted as catalysts for promoting & strengthening women's studies through teaching & research. If fund will be released for the salary of 14 staffs as sanctioned by UGC and State Govt. will give the approval for those posts, which is essential for introducing M.Phil Course, Women's Studies will not only help in expanding knowledge and development of the subject ,but it will also help in improving the status of women in North Bengal. • Documentation on different issues related to women has been done from local news papers, which will help for designing future programmes for women's empowerment. 3.0 DETAILS:- 3.1 Teaching Courses Keeping in mind the criteria laid down by UGC as per Xllth Plan guideline where UGC encourage the teaching courses to build strong academic base institutionally for Women's Studies, the Centre has started Refresher Courses on Women's Studies and Short term Certificate Courses on Women's Issues during Xllth Plan Period.CWS has taken the decision to introduce M.Phil in Women's Studies from 2016 for which syllabus has been formulated. Following are the details of teaching courses conducted during the year 2015-16. A. Refresher Course The Centre for Women's Studies, University of North Bengal, in collaboration with the UGC Academic Staff College, organized a Refresher Course from 05.8.15 - 25.8.15. The theme of the Course was Gender in Literature & Society. Teachers from various University departments and Colleges from every corner of the country were attended the course. Due to the growing responses towards the field of Women's Studies, like previous years this year also it receives good responses (50 participants) from all over the country. Teachers (50) from entire North Easernt States, West Bengal, Maharastra were selected for the Course. They are from various disciplines like Economics, Geography, Bengali, Assamese, Political Science, History, Sanskrit, English, Law, Sociology etc. Teachers from the University of North Bengal, Calcutta University etc having the expertise in this field acted as resource person and delivered lectures on various issues related to the theme. B. Short Term Courses- Keeping in mind the growing responses towards Women's Studies and the regional need, the Centre for Women's Studies, University of North Bengal has started short term Certificate Course from the year 2009 on various Women's issues. 145 B-1. Reproductive and Child Health - To sensitize as well as to create awareness among the women section regarding the Reproductive health which is very much important at present situation, the Centre for Women's Studies, University of North Bengal has organized a 7 day certificate course on Reproductive and Child Health.from l61h-23rd March, 2016 .. The course was for the graduate female, as well as women working in the health sectors and NGOs etc. The course has been designed to address the all aspects of Reproductive and Child Health. Hence, to fulfill the aim of the course all the topics related to the theme has been incorporated in the course. Objectives ofthe course- People are not aware of the overall well being of women as well as women's health. Being a semi urban locality there are numbers of villages in and around the University, where people specially the women section are not aware of the fact related to the reproductive and child health. Misconceptions related to reproduction and child health are there, which affect adversely the reproductive and child health. Inspite of the availability of modern medicare system people are more dependent on the traditional system. People are not even aware of the fact related to proper maintenance of a healthy practices during pregnancy as well as pre and post natal period. Further, due to the preference of male child, repeated pregnancy is occurred which adversely affect Women's Health. At the same time gender discrimination plays a vital role in the overall development of the girl child. People are not aware about the various government schemes and facilities related to the reproductive and Child Health. All factors mentioned above adversely affect the Reproductive and Child Health of the society, resulting the pre and post natal complications, low birth weight of baby, high rate of maternal ·mortality etc. Hence, to address such kind of problems and make them aware of the issues, the centre has started this course to sensitize the rural mass as well as the young women. The topics covered during the course are as follows- Overview of Reproductive and Child Health. National Health Mission Overview and entitlements during ANC & PNC HIV/AIDS & Epidemiology & preventive measures (PPTCT) Life Style Education Nutrition of Mother & Child Family Planning practices Positive living with HIV (PLHIV) The entire course has been designed with the help of the Department of Community Medicine, North Bengal Medical College and College of Nursing, North Bengal Medical College. The faculty from both the department of community inedicine and college of Nursing of from North Bengal Medical College acted as resource person in the entire course and took classes on above mentioned topics. The course was started on 16th of March, 2016 and continued till 23rd of March, 2016. Initially 28 candidates were enrolled but finally 18 appeared for examination and 12 passed in examination. The 146 participants were mostly students of MSW and from various departments of the University. However, school teacher and women working in NGO also have attended the course. At the end of the course study materials of each class have been distributed to the participants. After 7 days course an exam was conducted among the participants. On the basis of their class attendance and qualifying marks certificates has been distributed. B-2. Women's Studies- Keeping in mind the growing responses towards Women's Studies and the regional need in order to create awareness on gender issues among the young generation the Centre has designed the 7 day Certificate Course on Women' s Studies from 10th -16th March, 2016. 33 students registered for the course and 28 completed the course successfully. Post graduate students from various University departments, graduate students, women working in various organization etc. has attended the course. Faculty from various University Department act as resource person in the 7 days certificate course and delivered lectures on various women's issues. All aspect starting from the concept of women's studies to women in literature, feminism, women in development, philosophical background of women empowerment, economic empowerment of women, third world policy approach, women's health along with adolescent care etc has been covered during 7 days course. However, there are interactive sessions also where students participated actively and share their views and opinions. Objectives of the course- Gender discrimination is very common in North Bengal region, specially in the rural set up. Dowry is a common phenomenon in the society. Domestic violence is reported frequently in and around the region. Trafficking of women is another alarming problem faced by the female child of the area. Women are not even aware about the legal matters. Preference of male child is still exist in the society. Women do not play any role in decision making Process. Thus all above mentioned factors are adversely affect the position of women in the society of the region. Hence, to improve the situation and also to create awareness among the womenfolk of this region the Centre has design this course. Another aspect of this course is to generate academic interest amongst the young generation towards Women's Studies and make them aware to gender issues. After 7 days course an exam was conducted among the participants. On the basis of their class attendance and qualifying marks certificates has been issued to the candidates. LIST OF THE CANDIDATES SI No Name Sex Educational Qualification I Maniklal Saha M M Phil, Bengali 2 Sanchita Ghosh F MA Bengali 3 Bithika Biswas F MA Bengali 4 Rabindra Kumar Barman M MA Bengali 5 Sudhangshu Kumar Sarkar M MA Bengali 6 Uttam Das M MA Bengali 7 Sujit Barman M MA Bengali 8 Dipak Barman M MA Bengali 9 Kakoli Sarkar F MA Bengali 10 Kalipada Barman M MA Bengali 11 Sathi Nandi F MA, Bengali 12 Kuntal Sinha M MA Bengali 147 13 Monah Mondal M MA Bengali 14 Suraj Das F M A Political Science 15 Asish Singha M M A Political Science 16 Sahebul Alam M MA History 17 Sachib Kumar Paul M MA History 18 Eachin Miah M MA History 19 Rajesh Das M MA History 20 Abdul khalek M MA History 21 Partha Sarathi Ghosh M MA Bengali 22 Sharmishtha Paul F MA Bengali 23 Joy Das M M Phil, Bengali 24 Prapti Chakraborty F MA Bengali 25 Krishna Mohan Bhowmik M MA Bengali 26 Manojit Barman M MA Bengali 27 Hriday Ranjan Sarkar M MA Bengali 28 Pinki Barman F MA Bengali 29 Manik Maitra M MA Bengali 30 Mita Roy F MA Bengali 31 Tufan Roy M MA Bengali 32 Nanigopal Kapasia M M A Geography 33 Biswajit Das M M A Geography 3.2-. Training Programme Computer Awareness and Literacy Programme 3.2.2 Hands on Training on Book binding A hands on training on book binding programme was undertaken on 25-26 March, 2016 in the Centre for Women's Studies, University of North Bengal. The target group were ladies who had studied till Class X and who were wiJling to learn book binding as a additional source of livelihood for the family. The course was attended by- 27 women of Atharakhai Gram Panchayat on 26.03.2016 at NBU campus 18 girls from surrounding villages 23 girls of North Bengal University on 25.03.2016 at NBU campus 27 women participants ofRuidhasa village, on 26 .03.2016 at Ruidhasa Primary School Mr. Sanatan Barman, the book binder of the Library of the University was the resource person. He was assisted by Mr. Asit of the CWS, NBU. He imparted hands on training to the ladies. The ladies had frst hand experience in book binding with the material provided by the CWS, NBU. The programme was appreciated by the participants. • Awareness Programme for member of SHG was held on 26 March 2016. New opportunities of improving their income was shown to them through film. • Computer Awareness and Literacy Programme was held on 25th March, 2016 in, University of North Bengal by CWS, NBU. The target group were girls who had completed Class X. 18 girls from villages adjoining the University attended the programme. · This course has been designed to spread the awareness and the basic knowledge about Computer. 148 Objectives ofthe course: • An attempt has been taken to make the Women Candidates friendly with the computer. • Now-a-days, the knowledge of Computer is must in all the sectors, hence it is our support to the Women Candidate those who are interested in learning Computer but can't afford. Awareness programme on Effective Communicative Language on 281h March 2016 Ms Somdatta Bhattacharya of P.D. Women College has delivered a lecture on Effective Communicative Language. The matter which was communicated is important for the students of North Bengal for achieving their goals. Inter-Personal Aspects ofCommunication Communication is a very important tool for human interaction. In mental health three types of communication are usually admitted. These are aggressive communication, passive communication and assertive communication. In our gender sensitive society, even in the present Indian scenario, women are still passive in their lived-experiences. Leaving a small group of empowered women, either women are aggressive due to many reasons or most of them play a very submissive and passive role. In this situation, it is very significant to sensitize the teenager girls so that they can unlearn the typical societal role and may cope up with the situations (career and personal life) through an .assertive way of communication. Moreover learning assertive communication style is not only important for women, it is applicable for men too; especially for the teenager boys for their career and personal life purpose. I would like to talk about the way of successful communication with the help of various examples relevant in today's' society. Aggressive Communication: In aggressive communication, we may attempt to make people do what we want by inducing guilt or intimidation and controlled tactics. Instances ofaggressive communication: The aggressive communication of response is essentially the complete opposite of passive. An aggressive communication is revealed when we: I. Interrupt others when they are speaking &c. Effects ofaggressive communication in others: Angry, humiliated, hurt, defensive, de-motivated, resentment, non- cooperation Passive Communication: Passive communication is based on compliance and hopes to avoid confrontation at all costs. Instances of Passive Communication: A passive person says, in effect, that he/ she will let someone else decide what will happen to him/her. Passive communication is revealed when we: 1. Don't participate or share own thoughts and ideas 2. Verbally, agree with others despite their real feelings &c. Effects of Passive Communication in others: Irritated, angry, resentful, non cooperation, misunderstanding Effects ofPassive Communication in self: 149 1. Lower self esteem etc. Assertive Communication: The most effective and healthiest form of communication is the assertive style. It is how we naturally express ourselves when our self esteem is· intact, giving us the-confidence to communicate without games or manipulation. Three Steps to Assertive Communication: How to say 'No ': Once you get the picture of what it is that is requested and feel that you do not want to do it, decide not to do it. The following are some ways that might help you to say NO ...... If you can give an honest reason for your refusal, you will not be seen as uncooperative. Just as you have a right to keep a request, similarly you also have a right not to keep it. Say "No". 3.4. Field Action - 3.4.1. International Women's Day 3.4.1 International Women's Day The Centre for Women's Studies has organized the International Women's Day on gth March 2016.With an aspiration for a "Planet 50-50"and took the oath that we will " Make it Happen"- a "Planet 50-50 " before 2030 CWS observe the Day by means of academic discussion as well as cultural activities expressing women's situation in our society. • Saraswati Vandana by Purbasha Paul (4th Sem Geog) • Lighting the Lamp • Felicitation by offering bouquet to dignateries • Welcome speech by Director- S Rohatgi • Speech by Vice-chancellor • Speech by Dean, Faculty of Arts Commerce & law • Speech by Ratna Roy sanyal Cultural Programme:- • Song by Blind student-Bengali Dept • _Programme by Phansidewa Group- dance & songs • 5 Songs by Students of Geog with recitation "Ori Chiraiya" "Rupaiyaa" "Ghar yaad aata hain mujhe" "Bekhauff' "Asatoma Sadgamaya" Participants: Saptami Sarkar, Tannistha Saha, Chandrima Sarkar, Priyanka Saha and Tanushree Roy • Song (Bhawaiya) by Sattar Hussain (4th Sem-Geog)-1-Bandhu Kaja! Bhomra .... . 2. Hastig Varan ... • Song by Jay Karmakar • Ashayen - Song from Iqbal film-Ranjit Singh 150 • Vote of thanks by Dipak Roy Teachers, Scholars and Students from various University departments, college and NGO members attend the programme. 3.4.2 Poster Competition:- Poster Competition on "Women & society" has been organized by CWS on 27th March 2016 for the students of North Bengal. Prizes have been distributed to the winners of 1si, 2nd and 3rd best posters. The posters depicted the topic have really attracted the visitors and very encouraging discussions were held. 3.4.3 Essay Competition To create awareness amongst the college students of six districts of North Bengal, CWS every year has been organizing essay competition since 2013. This year the topic of the essay competition was "Women's Role In Society, Culture And Literature For Realization Of Equal Rights". Essay competition has been organized in four languages viz. English, Hindi, Bengali and Nepali. Prizes have been given to best and second best essay in all the four languages. 3.4.4 Awareness Programme:- Awareness programme on Sexual harassment bill has been organized on 23rd March 2015 for all the students of North Bengal University. District Judge was the special guest as a key speaker along with the teachers of Law Department, NBU. There was an interactive session attended by 400 students and they were really benefitted by the programme. 3.4.5 Workshop:- CWS in collaboration with Gyan Jyoti College has organized a one day workshop on 31st March 2015 on "The Status of Women & Their rights in India." 57 students and 15 teachers participated in the workshop. Speakers from North Bengal University and Gyan Jyoti College delivered lectures on the subject such as status of women in India in different sectors, Human Rights, Sexual Harassment Bill and functions of Sexual Harassment Redressal Cell of NBU. 3.5. NATIONAL SEMINAR The Centre for Women's Studies organized a UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Women, Environment and Science from 26-27 March, 2016. About The Theme Of The Seminar:- Women, Environment and Science indicate the prevailing condition of women in society and how they adopted themselves in modern science. Women & Environment both are vast diverse, protective and productive. Women and environment are interlinked. Today women are engaged in outside work along with household chores. Women provide food, water, fuel and fodder for their homes for which they are dependent on nature; hence they are more sensitive and protective towards environment. Any harm to the environment affects the life of women. Presently science has offered a lot of wings for empowering women where women can think and grow independently and make their own decision on their personal development. Women posses indigenous technical knowledge and practice science & technology everyday in their lives, but they are portrayed as the beneficiaries of science & technology. There are positive and negative aspects of Science & Technology for the welfare and progress of women. Even the technology in form of thermal efficient stoves, bio-gas technology, solar energy utilization and rain water harvesting have been tried successfully for improving the lives of women but, these technologies have not reached to the masses. 151 By empowering women and transferring this technology to the masses, they can enjoy the better standard life. Though, the Government has initiated a lot of programmes and schemes to improve the social, economical and political opportunities for women but there is a need to have strategies for meeting the need of future generation. The objectives of this seminar are: 1. To provide the participants deep insight into advancement and development of women in every walk of life. 2. Creating an environment through positive economic and social policies for development of women and realization of their full potential. 3. Strengthening legal systems to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women. 4. To explore the role of women in various aspects of sustainable development like social progre_ss, scientific advancement, economic growth and environmental protection The present seminar is an endeavour to bring the senior academics, social activist's educational administrators and practitioners concerned with women issues to a common platform to discuss, deliberate and ponder over such issues. The discussions will be directed towards strategically formulating action plans to address issues of concern for women and to chalk out future direction for the men, women · and the divergent society as a whole to empower women in true character. In order to share thoughts and experiences on these issues, the Seminar is proposed to be organised on the following sub-themes: Sub Themes The various sub themes listed below offer wider scope for deliberations. I. Women status - Past & Present 2. Women & environment in Urban, Rural and Tribal society 3. Women Movements & Environment 4. Women empowerment and Science 5. Women & Health 6. Women and Violence 7. Women and politics The Centre has received more than 49* research papers from the various departments of University as well as colleges from entire North Bengal on each subtheme. All papers has been distributed in technical sessions as per subtheme. Teachers from entire university departments, colleges of entire North Bengal, Research Scholar and students are attended the programme. 3.6 Research Activity in NBU:- Research scholars are working on different aspects of Gender Studies such as "Women Street Vendors", Urban Lilelihood and water Resource", "Women's Literacy -inclusive sustainable development", Health Care and Women", Women & Rural Development", "Transborder Migration and Security", "Rural Industrialization & Women". 3. 7 Participarory Activities:- • Members of CWS have taken active part by delivering lecture on Women Studies, Sexual Harassment at Workplace: Nature, Law & Remedial Measures" on different occasions and different colleges. 152 4.0 PUBLICATION:- Journal of Women's Studies Vol-VII- No-1, 2016 -ISSN -2320-3625 (ISSN number received on Jan 22, 2013) (in Press) 5.0 RESOURCES 5.1 People:- As of 3151 March, 2015, the following members constitute the existing manpower at the Centre for Women's Studies: i) Honorary Director: Dr. Sushma Rohatgi. ii) Project Officer: Dr. Beethika Mani Dutta (on contractual basis) iii) Peon: Shri Asit Singha (on contractual basis) Besides Advisory Committee of CWS constituted by NBU. The following teachers and Officers are the members of the Advisory committee take parts in all the activities of CWS:-, Dr. Dalia Bhattacharya, Department of History, NBU, Dr. Shilpi Ghosh, Microbiology, NBU, Swagata Ghosh, Philosophy Dept.NBD and Dr Deepak Roy, Bengali Dept. NBU. 5.2 Material:- The Centre occupies 700 sq.ft space in 3 bays in the Humanities building. The Centre has acquired a LCD projector and laptop to facilitate presentation at seminar and workshops and in future for for M.phil students. For effective documentation, the centre has acquired a camera which has been useful in documentating the various activities of women in North Bengal. 5.3 Documentation:- !. Books:- The CWS library presently houses 1379 books on Women's Studies covering different fields of Gender Studies were procured from the UGC fund. 11. 175 books have been purchased from RUSA fund . m. Library also has charts and posters on Women related issues and paper cuttings are also preserved for scholars and students who visit the library for viewing and disseminating information. 1v. For the preparation of "Gender Atlas of West Bengal/India" on GIS platform Super map GIS software has been procured and women scholars and students of NBU were given training .Now the digital information on women of West Bengal is available with CWS. v. Documentation of Handicrafts and traditional knowledge of women of North Bengal has been done. The Documentation work has been initiated in this financial year and will continue for the next financial year. 153 High Energy & Cosmic Ray Research Centre 1. Name of the Department: High Energy & Cosmic Ray Research Centre 2. Year of Establishment: 1991 3. Introduction of the Centre; The Centre has been established jointly by the University Grants Commission and the State Government of West Bengal under the program "Improvement of Research in the Universities". The Centre is engaged in theoretical as well as experimental advanced research in different branches of High Energy Astrophysics and Astroparticles including Cosmic Rays. 4. Name of the Scientists: Name Designation Dr. Samir K Sarkar Jt. Sr. Scientific Research Officer Dr. ArunavaBhadra Sr. Research Physicist Arindam Mukherjee Sr. Research Officer 5. Name of research Scholars: Biplab Bijay, Tamai Sarkar, Arundhati Roychaudhuri, Prabir Banik, Jyotirmay Paul, Samrat Ghosh, Mohan Subba. 6. Name of the Project Scholars: Nil 7. Name of the Non-teachin staff: Name Sadhan Paul 8. Students strength: NIA 9. Seminar/Conference attended Name of the Name of the Venue & Date Title of the paper presented Scientist Seminar/Workshop Dr. A. Bhadra Winter Workshop on Darjeeling, Dec 17- The puzzle of the cosmic Astroparticle Physics 19,2015 ray knee 10. sem marIC onfi erence orgamze. d Name of the Seminar I Conference Date of the Seminar I Conference International Conference on " Exploring the 15-16 December, 2015 Relativistic Universe" 11. Publications Title Authors Journal Reference Influences od Dark Energy Samrat Ghosh, Arunava Eur. Phys. J. C75, 494 and dark matter on Bhadra (2015) Gravitational Time Advancement Newtonian analogue of Subhrangshu Ghosh, Tamai Phys. Rev. D92, 083010 static general relativistic Sarkar, Arunava Bhadra (2015) space times Progenitor model of cosmic Biplab Biiav, Arunava Bhadra Res. Astron. 16,006 154 ray knee Astrophys. (2016) A production scenario of Sayan Biswas, Arunava PoS 504, 1 Galactic strangelets and an Bhadra, J.N.De, Partha S (2016) estimation of their possible Joarder, Sibaji Raha, flux in solar neighborhood Debapriyo Syam 12. Research projects: None 13. Visiting fellow: Nil 14. Any other Information: i) Apart from the regular actlv1tles, Arindam Mukherjee, Sr. Research Officer, shouldered additional charge of the Headship of the Computer Centre with the request of the University authority. ii) On 16111 December, under the supervision of Arindam Mukherjee, a session on 'Watching the Sun Spots' was presented by the Centre for participants of the International Conference entitled "Exploring the Relativistic Universe". iii) On 9th May 2016, another astronomical event, called 'Transit of Mercury' (in the background of Sun), was successfully observed with CGEM 1100 telescope of the Centre. Apart from the Scientists& Research Scholars of the Centre, few other interested persons also witnessed the event. The whole session was supervised by Arindam Mukherjee, the Sr. Research Officer of the Centre. 155 Centre of Floriculture & Agri-Business Management (COFAM) DEPT. OF BIOTECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL Report has been compiled by Dr. Shilpi Ghosh, Department of Biotechnology, NBU. WORKSHOP AND SEMINAR ORGANIZED: SL. PARTICIPANTS EVENT RESOURCE PERSON NO. PROFILE I Hi-Tech Horticulture: Youths from different D.r Ranadhir Chakraboty an opportunity for ebtrepreneur profession of North Bengal. M.r. Sangram Manda! Date: 25th Aue. 20_15 (70) 2 Day workshop for grass root Grass root farmers from Dr Ranadhir Chakraboty farmers on off-season vegetable Bhimbar of Bidhannagar of Mr. Sanjay Rana crops under protected condition Darjeeling district. ( 40) Mr AjitPal Date: 15th S~p. 2015 Organic Management of Quick Grass root farmers from Dr Randhir Chakraborty 3 return High value vegetable aambari block of Dr.Papiya Bhatacharya crops Jalpaiguri district (65) Dr. Mahfooz Ahamad Date: 28th Oct. 2015 Dr. Dipanwita Saha Hands on training on 50 Dr.Ranadhir Chakraborty 4 strawberry Dr. Mahafooz Ahamad Date: 30th Oct. 2015 Dr. Papiya Bhatacharya Hands-on training on 15 Mr.Yandup Lama 5 mushroom spawn production Date: 81h Dec. 2015 Hand-on training on 30 Dr. Ranadhir Chakraborty 6 vermicompost Date: 13th Jan. 2016 B. EXTENSION ACTIVITIES I Skill-U pliftment training Strawberry growers from Dr. Ranadhir Chakraborty program for the strawberry mynaguri farmers club. (70) Amrendra Pandey ' grower's of Mynaguri Block of Mr. Shubasis Giri (OHO. Jalpaiguri district under N.H.M. Jalpaiguri) (National horticulture mission) Date: 17th March. 2016 2 Capacity building training Flower grower from Biplab Sarkar (OHO. programme on flower khoribari block of Siliguri) cultivation under N.H.M. Darjeeling district (70) Amrendra Pandey (National Horticulture mission) Date: 25th Februay. 2016 3 Capacity building training Gerbera flower grower Biplab Sarkar (DHO. program on flower cultivation from phansideva and Siligliri) under protected condition under khoribari block of N.H.M. (National horticulture Darjeeling district (I 00) mission) 156 Date: 18th Jan. 2016 4 Awareness program on fish Fishermen from phansideva Fiseries deprtment officials green fodder cultivation and and khoribari block of Amrendra Pandey allied services Darjeeling district (110) Date: 7th Oct. 2015 Training program on SHG's Women from Govt. official from Central 5 Vermicompost for employment Matigara block of Bank of India generation of SHG'S Women Darjeeling District (70) Amrendra Pandey from Matigara Block of Darjeeling district Date: 4th Oct. 2015 6 Training program on vegetable SHG's Women from Govt. official from Central cash crops cultivation under Naxalbari block of Bank of India polyhouse for employment Darjeeling District (70) Amrendra Pandey generation of SHG'S Women from Naxalbari Block of Darjeeling district Date: 261h Oct. 2015 Hand-on training program on SHG's women from W.B.C.A.D.C. (under vegetable nursery production Matigara and Naxalbari panchayat and rural under R.K.V.Y. (Rastriye krishi block (35) development department 7 vikas yojna) Govt. of West Bengal Officials Date: 4th Nov.2015 Amrendra Pandey (COFAM) Hand-on training program on SH G's women from W.B.C.A.D.C. (under 8 Organic farming of vegetable Matigara and Naxalbari panchayat and rural under P.K.V.Y. block (35) development department (Pa ram paragat.krishi.vikas Govt. of West Bengal yojna) Officials Date: 16th Aug. 2016 Amrendra Pandey (COFAM) 9 Capacity building training SHG's women from Panchayat and rural program on fruit orchard and Matigara and Naxalbari development institute vegetable cultivation block (35) official Kolkata Venue: Bagdogra Dr. Ranadhir Chakraborty Date: 17th Feb. 2016 10 Skill development training on SHG's women from and W.B.C.A.D.C. (under Vermicompost production for Naxalbari block( 45) panchayat and rural self employment development department Govt. of West Bengal Date: 23'd March, 2016 Officials Amrendra Pandey (COFAM) 157 C Plantmg mat eria . I prod UC t·IOn ID. th e F.manc1a . I year 2015- 16 SI. No Crop Nos Method of propation 1 Strawberry 15000 Runners (vegetative) 2 Tissue culture G-9 Banana 2000 Meristem culture 3 Dragon fruit plant 1000 Cutting 4 Seedless cucumber 1000 Seed germination in soil-less media 5 Coloured capsicum 500 Seed germination in soil-less media 6 Orchid 2000 Meristem culture 7 Mandarin oran!!e 1500 Nuceller production 8 Red lady papaya 1500 Seed germination in soiless media 9 Maranta 1000 Cutting 10 Philodendron 500 Cutting 11 Aloe vera 200 Suckers sepration 12 Tomatoillbd.) 500 Seedling production in cocopeat media D. Technology Standardized: 1. Standardize the colored capsicum production technology under low cost MS pipe structure covered with 50% green agro net. 2. Dragon fruit cultural practices and fertigation technology has been standardize Demonstration in Farmer's Field: Cultivation under COFAM Surveillance: SI. Beneficiaries Name Address Target crop No 1 Mr Sarajeet mondal Jalpesh, Dist-Jalpaiguri Strawberry 2 Mr. Shantimoy Roy Goaltuli, B lock-Phansideva Strawberry 3 Mr. Safidul Rahman Block-Phansideva Dist-Darjeeling Broccoli and capsicum 4 Mr. Farooq Hussain Block: Dhuoguri Dist-Jalpaiguri Dragon fruit 5 Mr. Gopal Biswas and Block- Mynaguri Dist-Jalpaiguri Strawberry mynaguri farmers club 6 Mr.Harendra singh Ganganagar Siliguri Strawberry 7 Mr. Sachin Mitruka Ambari Dist-Jalpaiguri Coloured capsicum Hybrid tomato Seedless cucumber 8 Mr Biplab Das Coochbehar Coloured capsicum 9 Mr. Hirendranath Aashighar Siliguri Dist-Darjeeling Strawberry Burman 10 Mr Chako Sebastian Hansqua Bagdogra Dist- Dragon fruit Darjeeling 11 Mr. Ashok Dey Block-Phansideva Dist-Darjeeling Strawberry 12 Mr Pavitra roy Kanki Dist-Uttardinajpur Red lady papaya 13 Ms.Vinita Choudhury Mathabhanga Dist-Coochbehar Coloured capsicum 158 Report compiled by Dr. Ranadhir Chakraborty, Department of Biotechnology, NBU. A.EXTENSION WORK Implimenting Govt. Technical Held in Subject Scheme Place Agency association Month Workshop on National District Horticulture office, Mynaguri COFAM Feb. Strawberry Horticulture Jalpaiguri Block, N.B.U. 2016 cultivation mission(N.H.M) Govt. of West Bengal Dist- practices and Jalpaiguri management Hands-on R.K.V.Y West Bengal Naxalbari COFAM Aug.2015 training on (Rastriya krishi Comprehensive Area N.B.U. vegetable vikas yojna) Development Corporation nursery (W.B.C.A.D.C) production Govt.of West Bengal under R.K.V.Y scheme Skill N.R.L.M West Bengal Naxalbari COFAM Sep.2015 development (National rural Comprehensive Area N.B.U. training on livelihood Development · vermicompost mission) Corporation(W.B. C.A.D .C) production Govt. of West Bengal under for self employment Workshop on National West Bengal · Naxalbari COFAM Oct.2015 flower horticulture Comprehensive Area N.B.U. (marigold & mission(NHM) Development Corporation gerbera) (W.B.C.A.D.C) cultivation Govt. of West Bengal under protected condition. Hands -on P.K.V.Y West Bengal Naxalbari COFAM Oct.2015 training on (Paramparagat Comprehensive Area N.B.U. organic Krishi Vikas Development Corporation farming to Yojna) (W.B.C.A.D.C) SHG women Govt. of West Bengal from Naxalbari and Matigara block of Siliguri mahakuma parish ad 159 B.SEEDLING PRODUCTION Orchid 2000 Mandarin orange 1500 Colored capsicum 4000 Strawberry 15000 Tissue culture G-9 Banana 2000 Dragon fruit plant 1500 Red lady papaya 1500 Seedless cucumber 1000 C. SEMINAR/WORKSHOP ORGANIZED SUBJECT No of Participants Venue Held in Month Hi-tech horticulture : an opportunity for 70 COFAM AUG,2015 entrepreneur Organi~ management of high value quick 80 COFAM Sept,2015 return Vegetable crops Hands on training on Strawberry 50 COFAM Oct,2015 Hands on training on Verrnicompost 30 COFAM Nov,2015 Hand on training on Mushroom spawn 15 COFAM Feb,2016 prioduction I D. SUCCESS STORIES OF THE ENTREPRENEURS TRAINED IN COFAM: Entrepreneur name PLACES CROP Mr. Gopal Biswas Mynaguri Strawberrv Mr Surojit Monda! Mvnaguri Strawberry Mr Sachin Mitruka Aambari Seedless cucumber Mr biplab das Coochbehar Coloured capsicum Mr Farooq hussain Dhuo1rnri Dragon fruit Mr. Chako Sebastian Bagdogra Dragon ruit Mr.Ashok dey Kanki Red lady papaya Ms. Vinita Choudhury Mathabhanga Coloured Capsicum 160 Picture Gallery DEPICTING TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY FROM COFAM TO LAND 161 Publication in the dailly News papers highligting cofam activities· . ,( . rishi Kanna. at Uttar Banga sambad on OS.07 .15 \9't~ ti\c~ ·G1\~$i'\4 ~iil" '6 . .;, 162 Centre for Studies in Local Languages & Cultures 1. Name of the Department : Centre for Studies in Local Languages & Cultures 2. Date of Establishment : 2001 3. Introduction of the Department : Centre for Studies in Local Languages & Cultures 4. Name of the Director : Dr. Nikhilesh Ray, Director (Honorary) 5. Name of the Research Scholars : NIL 6. Name of the Project Scholars : NIL 7. Name of the Non-Teaching Staff: Name Designation ~ ~ . Majumder ______..__P_ro~1i~e_ct_A_ssistant (Casua_I)______Chandan Mallick Peon (Casual) --- Organized Seminar/Conferences:------Name of the Seminar/Conference Date of the Seminar/Conference 1. International Seminar on" Manishi Thakur Panchanan Barma 18-19 September, 2015 Janma Sardha satabarsha Udjapan Committee" at, Conference Hall, University of North Bengal, organized by Thakur Panchanan Smarak Samity, Siliguri & CSLLC, NBU 2. Rajbanshi Sahitya Utsab collaboration with Rajbanshi Bhasa 18-19 December 2015 Academy, West Bengal 3. Workshop on RAJBANSHI-BANGLA-ENGLISH 10. 15 January to 21 DICTIONARY PROJECT.In collaboration with CIIL, Mysore. January, 2016. 4. Workshop & Trainings Programme on ANUBAD 25 January to 29 January, KARMASHALA, In collaboration with CIIL, Mysore 2016. 5. 21 se Smarak Baktrita Speaker:- KinMr Roy & Pulin Das 22 February 2016 6. Panchanan Smarak Baktrita, Speaker :- Prof. Pradipjyoti 9 March 2016 Mdhanta, Tezpur University 7. International Seminar on 'Aancholik Bhasay Sahityocharcha: 10-12 March 2016, Samosya o Sambhabona' Conference Hall, University of North Bengal . 8. Aanchalik Sahitya Pather Asor, at Rabindra-Bhanu Manch 21 March2016 9. Folk Festivals, at Rabindra-Bhanu Manch 22-23 March 2016 Publication: Name of the Author Name of the Book/JournalNolume Year of Publication Editor- Dr. Nikhilesh~ JOURNAL (Bairati) Volume-IV 2015 --- -~------i, 163 CHAPTER- IV UGC SPONSORED CENTRES Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) The Office of the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of University of North Bengal was established 1 on 10 " July 2003. At present, the Cell has thirteen members with the Vice-Chancellor as the Chairperson and the Director-member Secretary as the Coordinator of IQAC. One of the important functions of IQAC is to develop realistic and attainable quality bench marks for each of the academic and administrative activities. One of the most critical functioning of IQAC is to keep the institution abreast of and abuzz with quality sustenance activities on a wide gamut of pertinent issues. IQAC Cell - - Professor Somnath Ghosh, Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor, University of North 1 Bengal. Chairperson ~ Professor Amitabha Mukhopadhyay, Dean, Faculty Council for PG ~tudies in 2 Science, Universitv of North Bengal. Member Professor P. R . Sengupta, Dean, Faculty Council for PG Studies in Arts, 3 Member Commerce & Law, University of North Bengal. . Professor Ananda Mukhopadhyay, Department of Zoology, University of North 4 Member Bengal. - Professor Soumitra De, Department of Political Science, University of North 5 Member Bengal. ~. Professor R. K. Samanta, Department of Computer Science & Application, 6 Member University of North Bengal. ·------Professor Prabir Kumar Sarkar, Department of Botany, U nivcrsity of North 7 Member Bengal. - - - 8- Professor Usha Chakraborty, Department of Botany, University of North Bengal. Member Member 9 Registrar (Officiating), University of North Bengal. -- -~- Professor Dipak Ranjan Mal, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of 10 Member Technology, Khara!lour. - 11 Professor Anuo Sinha, Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata-700104. Member Sri Goutam Deb, Minister-in-Charge, North Bengal Development Department, 12 Member Govt. of West Bengal, Siliguri '-- - Director, Professor Swapan Kumar Saha, Department of Chemistry, University of North 13 IQAC& Bengal. Member Secretary IQAC is supported by the following Office Staff Sri Nilkantha Biswas. Major activities/responsibilities undertaken during 2015-16: 1. Sixteen CAS meetings of the IQAC Cell have been organisea during 2015-16. The Recommendations of the meeting have been implemented. 165 2. IQAC has conducted meetings of different sub-committees for calculation/verification of API score of the teacher applicants and applications of others academic staff of the University for promotion under CAS. 3. IQAC has also calculated API for Direct Requirement for Professors I Associate Professors. 4. IQAC has implemented Students' Feedback System on Teacher' s Performance and teaching & Learning System. 5. IQAC prepared provisional Quality Benchmarks for Department & Offices. 6. IQAC has conducted "SAK.SHAM" CHAPTER-V CENTRAL SERVICES The Akshaya Kumar Maitreya Heritage Museum The A.K.M.H. Museum which had a humble beginning in 1965, now legitimately can take pride in its substai1tial collection of stone and metal images, terracotta works, coins, manuscripts etc. Majority of 1 1 such collections belong to the period between 8 h Century and I 2 h Century through even older pieces are also in the possession of the Museum. The Museum at present has emerged as one of the favored destinations of scholars, researchers and students. Scholars from different parts of India and some even from China, Bangladesh, Sri Janka, Japan, Taiwan and other countries now visit the Museum. Recent Important Acquisitions: The J\kshaya Kumar Maitreya Heritage Museum of North Bengal University has received the following artifacts during the period of 2015-2016. Constantinople Coin N akshi Kantha Donor : Indrajit Chakraborty Donor : Pranab Kumar Bhowrnick London Alipurduar Muslim Coin Handmade Fan Donor: Bijan Chatterjee Donor : Pranab Kumar Bhowmick · Shivmandir, Kadamtala Alipurduar 157 Weight Manager Donor: Biren Karmakar A portrait of Swami Vivekananda by Nail Naxalbari Painting Donor : Ajay Sarkar Siliguri Workshop I Exhibition Programme: The AKMH Museum has been organized an Archeological Photography Exhibition on Fascinated by the Orient : Life and Works of Sir Aurel Stein in collaboration with 'Indira Gandhi National Center for The Arts', New Delhi at Faculty Club, University of North Bengal from 2nd March to 15 1h March 2016. A good number of Academicians & Scholars from different parts of North Bengal have attended the above programme. Seminar I Conference attended: Superintendent (Technical) of the Museum Mr. F. Rahaman had attended All India Museum Associations Conference at Chennai organized by Advance Research in Conservation, Heritage, Excavation, Museum and Inscriptions Society of Tamil Nadu and presented a paper on "Role of Archaeology in the Devel;>pment of Museum Movement in India". Visitors: A large number Indian and Foreign visitors, scholars, academicians, University, College & School students have visited the Museum during the period under consideration. A group of Research Scholars & Students of BLIS I History Department and also students from the various schools visit the Museum and prepare their database for project work. During this period (April, 2015 to March, 2016) more than 8,000 visitors came to the Museum. 168 Publications : I. Catalogue Part III for Coins of early Indian, British India and Native States etc. with photographs prepared by Prof. P.K. Bhattacharyya & F. Rahaman (in press). 2. Catalogue Part IV for Coins of Medieval India by Prof. P.K. Bhattacharyya & F. Rahaman (Manuscript already ready for printing). '- 169 Computer Centre l. Name of the Department: Computer Centre 2. Date of Establishment : 1983 (UGC Reference F.55-5/83(T-II) dated 16.4.1983) 3. Introduction of the Department : The Computer Centre, University of North Bengal, an important central facility of this University (established in April, 1983 UGC ,;Reference F .55-5/83(T-II) dated 16th April 1983) has been providing different services to the University for its internet and computing infrastructural support and services relating to teaching, training and research. Although initially both the computer centre and computer science and application were functioning as a single entity, from 28th May, 2001 they appeared as two separate entity with functioning of the independent Head for Computer Centre, NBU. 4. Name of the Faculty: NA 5. Name of the Research Scholars: NA 6. Nai ne o f t h e N on- T eac h.mg S taff Th e ex1stmg staff pos1t10n o f t h e c entre flor t h e peno. d2015-2016. Designation Name Head A.Mukherjee (in additional charge) Computer Operator (Jr.) Ratan Kr. Das Kev Punch Operator Rajendra Nath Saha Jr. Peon Vacant from May 2015 For detail information regarding the vacancy, no of approved post etc. pl. vide the letter of Registrar (Acting) bearing ref. No. 2382/R-l l dated 3rd June 2011. 7. Student Strength: NA 8. Seminar/ Conference attended (outside the country & within the country): None 9. Organized Seminar/Conferences: None 10. Publication: None 11. Research Projects (Major & Minor): None. 12. Visiting Fellow: NA 13. Any other information: A. Provided JCT Infrastructural Support at the venue for holding e-counseling of the Joint Entrance }.,xamination 2016 held during 25'h June to 16th July 20! 6 at NEU Campus. B. Provided technical and infrastructural support for holding Campus Selection Process for MBA final year students of batch 2014-2016 at Computer Lab of the Centre during 19th & 20th January 2016. C. Provided Technical and Laboratory infrastructural support for holding one day (On 15-09-2016) on line recruitment test for the students of Computer Centre & Application as conducted by the company named 'Fresher World'. D. The NPTEL open courseware archive had been developed at the Centre and to avail the facility of having readymade video course works, different departments with detail listing of the available courseware was intimated during October 2015. 170 E. Provided technical and Machinery support for holding B.Sc in Software Systems/Information Technology First, Second & Third Year Examination, 2015, held at Computer Centre, NEU during l41h - 1 16 h September 2015. F. The activities of the Centre also include: (i) Installation of licensed software versions at various departments, Branches ..and Centres under University of North Bengal (on written requisition). (ii) Formatting and up gradation of the operating systems and other licensed software versions etc. (on written requisition). (iii)Minor maintenance of the Computers (on written requisition & if it is attached with basic software malfunction for inappropriate configuration etc.). (iv) Extension of new connectivity to meet the requirement of better teaching, research and office management (on written requisition) (v) Extension of support to the Departments/Centres for infrastructure with sho11 term loan of printers, projectors etc.: The loans for such items have been considered for specific requirement basis and with prior approval/Office order as issued by appropriate authority and subject to availability of the item( s ). (vi) Maintenance of LAN: The Centre had been organizing the maintenance of the University LAN and related accessories for providing uninterrupted Internet facilities to the users. ,_ 171 OFFICE OF THE UNIVERSITY ENGINEER •!• CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT WORK AT N.B.U. FOR THE YEAR 2015-2016 SI Year Name of the Project Project Cost Funding Agency Remarks No. "Thorough renovation of P.G. Boy' s & Girl's Rs. 3,90,05,317=00 State Govt. fund. Work is 1 2015-16 hostels, Law Hostel, R.S. Rs. 12,47,378=00 & Chimneys from completed (Men) hostel etc. including RUSA Fund installation of Chimneys" - I State Govt. fund. "Improvement of road by +D.I.F. (in Work is 2 2015-16 Rs.1,87,50,095=00 Mastic asphalt" anticipation of completed State Grant) - "Fixing of LED street Work is 3 2015-16 Rs. 52,31,992=00 RUSA Fund lights" completed U.G.C XII plan "Horizontal extension of General Work is in 4 2015-16 (2 floor) political Science Rs. 51 ,54,466=00 Development progress Deptt. building" Fund& State Grant U.G.C XII plan General Development "Vertical extension (2nd & Fund as per the Work is in 6 2015-16 final floor) of Law Deptt. Rs. 1,14,87,091=00 decision progress building" N.B.U.D.B. meeting on 10th Aug. 2016. Agenda no. l,(i) University Library 1. Name of the Department University Library 2. Year of Establishment 1962 3. Library Hours JO a.m. to 5.30 p.m. 4. L!brary Service Open Monday to Sunday (7 days except holidays) 5. Carpet Area (with Annex) 2662.61 sq. mtr. + 445.52 sq. mtr.=3108.13 sq. mtr. 6. Total Collection (as on 31.03.2016) 2,78,503 7. Name of the Officer (during the Financial Year 2015-2016) SI. No. Name Desienation 1 Sri BrindabanKarmakar Joint Librarian& Librarian (In-Charge) 2 Sri Shubhrangshu Kumar Mistri Assistant Librarian 3 Sri SantanuChanda Assistant Librarian (for Law Library) --4 Sri ManashEsh Information Scientist 8. Library Access: Open Access & Closed Access 9. Library Security system Manual Security & CCTV systems 10. Institutional Membership IASLIC, ILA, BLA, American Library (Partial) BCL & DELNET 11. Status of Automation Automated Database(partial) 12. Library Software SOUL2.0 13. Membership of Library Network INFLIBNET 14. Library Consortia UGC INFONET CONSORTIUM 15. Library Web Portal (local) http://I 0.10.2.100/opac/opac.asp :http://] 0.10.2.1/webopac/main.aspx 16. Website www.nbu.ac.in 17. Library Statistics (during the Financial Year 2015-2016): SI. No. Particulars 2015-16 {as on 31.03.2016) Total number of documents accessioned 2,78,503 - I Text Books 2,25,208 II Reference Books 8,550 --- ~ --~ m Rare Books 648 -- -- IV Bound Periodicals 37,145 Theses 1,423 v -- VI Non- Print Materials 1,049 --- - VII Census 2,350 - - - Vlll Reports 1,769 IX Gazetters 180 ~- ·-+----- . --- Debates 201 --x -- 173 18. Total number of documents added (durin the Financial Year 2015-2016): 2015-16 6,509 19. Total expenditure for subscription of current Journals I Periodicals subscribed (during the Financial Year 2015-2016 : · Session Amount 2015-16 ~ 83,88,470.00 20. To ta! number of current ioumals/oeriodicals subscribed (Financial Year 2015-2016): SI. No. Journals 2015-16 (as on 31.03.2016) I Indian 539 II Foreign 135 . Total number of Journal Purchased 674 21. Total number of E-Joumals IE-Periodicals available on On-line through UGC-INFONET Digital Ljbrary Consortium (during the Financial Year 2015-2016):More than8,500 22. Creation of computerized membership database (during the Financial Year 2015-2016) : The computerized membership database of all members of the University Library is being going on alongwith provision of barcode. 23. Total number ofData entered in the SOUL Database (during the Financial Year 2015-2016): Total No. of copies : 2,40, 720 24. Contribution to Union catalogue of INFLIBNET (during Financial Year 2015-2016) : The university library has contributed data of 2,00,400 documents with bibliographical details. 25. Bo 0 kb u d1get (d urmg t h e F"mancia . I Y ear 2015 -2016) : Grant 2015-16 UGC Grant ~ 51,30,000.00 SAP ~ 9,30,000.00 Others ~I 1,89,570.00 26. Total number of students' members I 2015-2016 I 2457 27. Total number of other members L______2015-2016 I 679 28. Avera e issue/return of books dail ) : 2015-2016 257 (a rox.) 30. Seating capacity the library: I· 2015-2016 I 150 31. LIB&h~Y SERVICES: 1. Bibliographic Service 11. Reference Service 1:1. Information Service 1v. Reprographic Facilities v. Internet Facilities v1. Online Access to Selected Journals through UGC-INFONET v11. Database Search through INFLIBNET v111. Study and Research Support Service 1x. Information Hub for Students, Teachers & Research Scholars x. Journals of National and International repute x1. Provision for Accessing the Rare Books x11. Lending facilities for books x111. After processing the documents are being sent regularly to Seminar Libraries as required xiv. Display of Information regarding arrival of Books and Journals xv. OPAC and Web OPAC xvi. Career Guidance Service xv11. Resource Sharing/Inter Library Loan xv111. Reading facilities to Retired Teachers xix. User Orientation xx. Facilities for other colleges &Research Organizations xx1. Services extended to Jalpaiguri Campus 175 University Science Instrumentation Centre (USIC) 1. Name of the Department: University Science Instrumentation Centre, North Bengal University, Darjeeling - 734013 2. Date of Establishment: 1978 3. Introduction: University Science Instrumentation Ceqtre (USIC) was established in 1978. It is a Level-II centre and renders services to the different departments of the University in terms of Maintenance, Repairing and Fabrication of scientific equipments. The Centre broadly runs as per UGC guidelines. 4. Name of the Officers with desienation (Session: 2015-2016) SI. No. Name Desi2nation 1. Dr. Malay Kumar Das (w. e. f. 22.02.2013) Head illony.) 2. Mr. Gautam Sarkar Technical Officer-II 3. Mr. Tamai Sarkar Technical Officer-I • Vacant Post: Officer-02 (Reference: F/MIS/45/2016/1026/F0-16, Dt: 12-7-2016) 5. Name of the Research Scholars: Nil 6. Name of the Project Scholars: Nil 7. Name of the Non-Teachin2 Staff (Session: 2015-2016) SI. No. Name Desienation 1. Ranjit Kumar Talukdar Technical Assistant Grade-I 2. Dr Biswaiit Dutta Junior Computer Operator 3. A. Chettri Senior Mechanic 4. Harish Misra Record Keeper 5. Rajib Das Office Assistant (Contractual) 6. Krishna Roy Group -IV (on daily wage basis) • Vacant Post: Non-Teaching -13(Reference: F /MIS/45/2016/1026/FO-l 6, Dt: 12-7-2016) 8. Students Strength: Nil (Not a PG Study department) 9. Seminar/Conference attended (Outside the country & within the Country : Name of the Name of the Seminars/ Title of the paper Venue & Date . Teacher/ Officer Conference presented Tamai Sarkar & Science in Bengal, Satellite University of North ------Conference Bengal, June 3-4, 2015 Gautam Sarkar ·- Tamai Sarkar & Workshop on National NIT Sikkim, June 26------Gautam Sarkar Mission on Education 27,2015 through ICT Tamai Sarkar UGC Sponsored Seminar Rabindra Bharati Need of Virtual entitled " Digital India: University, Kolkata, Classroom to Higher Education Scenario: August 22-23, 2015 enhance the quality Issues, Challenges and of open mode of Prospects" learning: an emerging form of 176 Education Tamai Sarkar National Conference on Dibrugarh University, Generalized Pseudo- Current Issues in Cosmology, November, 2-5, 2015 Newtonian potential Astrophysics and Higher for Kerr Black Energy Physics (CICAHEP) Holes Tamai Sarkar Exploring the relativistic High Energy & Cosmic Generalized Pseudo- Universe Ray Research Centre Newtonian potential for sos Black Holes - Tamai Sarkar UGC Sponsored National University of North Seminar on Changing Bengal, June 3-4, 2015 ------Dimensions of concept of legal systems Tamai Sarkar National Conference on University of North Contemporary issues in High Bengal, June 3-4, 2015 ------Energy Physics 10.0rfamze . d S1pec1a . ILecture /S em marIC on tierence: Name of the Date of the Topic Seminar/Conference Seminar/Conference - 11. Publication: Year of Name of the Author Name of the BOOK/JournalNolume Publication Tamai Sarkar, Arunava Newtonian analogue ofstatic general relativistic 2015 Bhadr<' , Shubhrangshu spacetimes: An extension to naked singularities. Ghosh Physical Review D 10/2015; 92(8). i ' DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.92.083010 Tamai Sarkar, Effects ofdark energy and flat rotation curve on the 2016 Shubhrangshu Ghosh, gravitational time delay ofparticle with non-zero mass. Arunava Bhadra European Physical Journal C 03/2016; 76(7). DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s l 0052-016-4252-0 - - Shubhrangshu Ghosh Exact Relativistic Newtonian Representation of 2016 and Tamai Sarkar and Gravitational static Spacetime Geometries. The Arunava Bhadra Astrophysical Journal 01/2016; .828(1 ). Require ofcooperative learning network through virtual Tamai Sarkar, Manash course and general edification platform for open 2016 Esh education in India, The Online Journal of Distance Education and e-Learning, http://tojdel.net/journals/tojdel/articles/v04 iO l /v04i01- l 05.pdf 12. Research Projects (Major & Minor): Nil 13. Visiting Fellow: Nil 14. Any other information: Regular activities by the Department: A summary of the works undertaken and serviced successfully (Repair, Fabrication, Design, Installation, Up-gradation etc.) by the USJC during the session: 177 Break up Jobs under different Categories SI Month & No of Jobs Electronics No Year Desktop Laptop Mechanical & Electrical I APR 'IS 18 6 4 8 0 2 MAY '15 21 4 1 0 15 2 3 JUN '15 13 4 4 5 0 4 JUY '15 22 14 3 5 0 5 AUG '15 19 7 2 8 2 6 SEP '15 29 7 3 19 0 7 OCT'lS 16 1 3 12 0 8 NOV '15 41 12 1 28 0 9 DEC '15 11 4 3 4 0 10 JAN '16 13 1 1 11 0 1 1 FEB '16 53 15 2 36 0 12 MAR '16 46 10 3 33 0 302 85 29 184 4 178 The University Press University Press, University of North Bengal, was established in the year 1972 with the objective of Printing & Binding of articles of various academic and administrative departments mainly Examination related works. As per statues, the superintendent of the University Press shall be a whole time officer under the administrative control of the Controller of Examinations and shall perform such other functions as may be assigned to him by the Controller of Examinations. The Vice-Chancellor may also assign any j0b to him from time-to-time in connection with Printing & Publications. University Press started it's journey in a hall with mono color Letter Press machine, cutting machine and accessories. With passing of time, various machines were installed with the change of technology like Ruling machine, Motor driven letter press, single color 2 cylinder baby Offset machine, Desktop, Exposing machine, B/W Printers, single color DFC/Demy size Offset machine, Color Printers, Folding machine, Perfect Binding machine, Micro Perforating machine, etc. Though in early years Press used to do the work of Controller of Examination in major but in later years it expanded its job periphery. Presently North Bengal University Press has been successfully engaged in printing Annual Journals of various departments like Center for Local Language, Hindi, Commerce. Philosophy, Law, Anthropology, Nepali Academy, DLLE, Sociology, History, Economics, DUS. Political Science, Center for Women Studies, Botany, Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Center for Himalyan Studies and Geography besides printing of routine jobs, prospectus of different courses, abstracts and other materials of seminars being conducted here and different reports and newsletters. University press has successfully delivered Print materials of various International and State Level Seminars and Congresses held at NBU. University Press has also supplied couple of time the Print materials to Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University, formed in the year 2013-14. Presently University Press building has 3 blocks as mentioned below :- i) Office & Store block - 3450 Sq.ft. ii) Printing & Compose block- 1700 Sq.ft. iii) Binding & Store Room - 3450 Sq.ft. Part-II University Press having the following sections: I) Press-Press Section 2) Press Section 3) Post-Press Section 4) Office Pre-Press Section The main function of this section is to Compose, Page Setup, Designing and handling printers for multi color jobs. This section is equipped with Computer & Printers for DTP jobs and also with Type Leads for hand composition. Presently at University Press there is 4 (four) Color printers, 5 (fi ve) B & W Printers, I (one) Scanner and 4 (four) Desktop PC. This section is managed by:- 1) Section Holder 2) Compositor 3) Proof Reader 179 Press-Section This section mainly deals with Printing and is done through Offset Printing machine and Letter Press machines. Most of the black & white or single color job are printed by Offset Printing machine whereas the loose sheet of Examination & Envelope are printed at Letter-Press machine. This section consists of five (5) number of Offset machine from size 10" x 15" to 18" x 27" and three Letter Press machine. This section is managed by:- 1) Sr. Machineman 2) Jr. Machineman 3) Press Attendant Post-Press Section This section is dedicated for finishing the job work like binding, cutting, perforation, numbering, stitching, Laminating, etc. This section consists of one number Single Clamp Perfect Binder machine, mo Stitching I Wire machine, two Cutting machine, one Micro-Perforating machine and one Laminating machine. Hard binding, Register Binding, Pad binding, Spiral binding, etc. are done here. This section is managed by:- 1) Sr. Binder 2) Jr. Binder 3) Press Attendant Office This section looks after the administrative part of press including requisition & purchase of materials, arra:i.ging repairing works, office-correspondents, material handling, job receive and docketing, etc. All above sections are under the control of the Superintendent, University Press. Asstt. Superintendant assists Superi:J.tendant for his/her various activities. Part-III List of jobs done at University Press. I) Answer Scripts (PG & UG) of Examination branch. 2) Loose Sheets (PG & UG) Examination branch. 3) Various Forms, Challans, Fee Book 4) Registers, Vehicle Stickers, Letter Heads, Diary and Calendars. 'i) Various Reports like Annual Report, Annual Accounts, Budget, etc. 6) Study material of Directorate of Distance Education, NBU. 7) Placement and Information Brochures and Souvenirs. 8) Greetings Card, Display Card and Invitation Card of Workshops and Seminars. 9) Journals of various departments. 10) Books. I I) Certificates. 12) Visiting Card, Identity Card, Vehicle Stickers, etc. 13) Printing materials for various National & International Seminars. 180 Part-IV Valuation System was introduced in the year 2001-2002 for all jobs of various departments to be done at University press. Every job are charged as per the rate approved in the meeting of the Executive Committee, dated 06/03/2002 under the heads: a) Material Consumed b) Printing & Binding. The rates are as follows : PARTICULARS EXISTING RATE COMPOSING CHARGES Plain compose upto A4 size Rs. 21.00 (/Page) Plain compose upto Legal size Rs. 35.00 (/Page) Job composing upto A4 size Rs. 42.00 (/Page) Job composing upto Legal size Rs. 63.00 (/Page) MASTER MAKING CHARGES Charges of Master Rs. 10.00 (/Page) Charge of Laser Printing Rs. 10.00 (/Page) PRINTING CHARGES Black Ink Rs. 35.00 (Per 1000) Coloured Ink Rs. 42.00 (Per 1000) 4-Color job Rs. 216.00 (Per 1000) Laser printing A4 size Rs. 5.50 per copy BINDING CHARGES Register Binding (upto 250 pages) Rs. 21.00 each Register Binding (250-500 pages) Rs. 28.00 each Examination Loose Sheets (U.G.) Rs. 49.00 per 1000 Examination Answer Scripts (U.G.) Rs. 245.00 per 1000 Spiral Binding (upto 100 pages) Rs. 30.00 per book Lamination A4 size (New inclusion) Rs. 10.00 per copy List of employees deployed at the Universitv Press. Category and Section Designation Name - Officer Superintendent (Acting) Dr. Minakshi Chakraborty --- Non-Teaching Employee (Office) Assistant Superintendent Mr. Indraneel Roy - -- - -· ·- - 1------Sr. Peon Mr. Motilal Munnu ------1- - Section Holder Mr. Naresh Ch. Roy -- - (Compose Section/ Pre Section Holder Mr. Debasish Chakraborty Press) ---- - Compositor (Daily Wage) Mr. Dil Bahadur Thapa - Offset Machineman (Contractual) Mr. Kamalendu Mallik (Printing Section/ Press) " Mr. Amit Kr. Gupta " Mr. Bimal Das -1 181 " Md. Malek Hossain Machineman (Gr-C, Daily Wage) Mr. Chandan Singha Sr. Press Attendant Mr. Bidhan Rai Jr. Peon Mr. Anup Ghosh Press Helper (Gr-D, Daily Wage) Mr. Sunil Singha Press Helper (Gr-D, Daily Wage) Mr. Prabhat Nag Press Helper (Gr-D, Daily Wage) Mr. Ajay Das (Binding Section/Post Press) Press Helper (Gr-D, Daily Wage) Mr. Premananda Ghosh Press Helper (Gr-D, Daily Wage) Mr. Atindra Das · - Press Helper (Gr-D, Daily Wage) Mr. Jagannath Singha Press Helper (Gr-D, Daily Wage) Mr. Pranab Singha Press Helper (Gr-D, Daily Wage) Kr. I Mr. Naba Majumdar Press Helper (Gr-D, Daily Wage) Mr. Motilal Singha L · - Vacant Post: i) Superintendent, University Press : Officer (1 No.) ii) Compositor: Non-Teaching Employee (2 Nos.) iii) Jr. Machineman : Non-Teaching Employee (2 Nos.) iv) Jr. Binder: Non-Teaching Employee (2 Nos.) v) Jr. Press Attendant: Non-Teaching Employee (1 No.) Correspondence: Superintendant (Acting) University Press, University of North Bengal, Raja Rammohunpur, Dist. Darjeeling, PIN - 734013. Ph. 0353-2776384 182 CHAPTER-VI SERVICES AND AMENITIES BASIC FACILITIES FOR WOMEN UGC Merged Scheme Co-ordinator: Prof. (Dr.) Manjula Bera Introduction & Activities of the Scheme Basic Facilities for Women, UGC Merged Scheme has been commencec' on the 141h January, 2009. Under this scheme 2 (two) common rooms, one for the Girl Students and another for Lady Teachers of this University, in the Second Floor of the Humanities Building have been provided for refreshment and recreation. The facilities which are provided in the Commor: rooms are as ;oIIows: I . A bed for the sick person 2. First-Aid Box wit'i necessary medicines & items 3. One Carom Board 4. Two Chess sets 5. Two sets Chinese- Checker 6. Two Colored Televisions with table 7. Three Cor1puters with tables 8. Two Refrigerators 9. One Aqua guard for drinking Water 10. Two Mirrors 11. 40 nos. Steel Arm'ed Chairs 12. I 0 nos. Steel framed Tables Every working day girl students use the rooms for refreshment and recreation. They play the Carom, Che·ss, and Chinese -Checker etc. One Lady Attendant (purely temporary) takes care the above mentioned things, necessities of the girl students and sick girls also duri11g the working hotirs. Usually during the whole year the girl students of the Bengali Department avail more the facilities of the room. Because, the room is very close to the department. But during the Annual Examination cf P. G. Courses maximum girl students of other departments avail full facilities from here. The Centre for Women Studies, NBU sometimes use this room as a vl;nue for the Seminar, Certificate Courses etc. for this girl students participate the said programs much more. University use this room as a venue for Competitive Examinations like BSF, JEE etc. minimum two times during the whole year. 183 Centre for Differently Abled Persons 1. Name of the Department: CENTRE FOR DIFFERENTLY ABLED PERSONS 2. Date of Establishment: Year of Establishment 2005 3. Introduction of the department: In the vast region of North Bengal, it is the only Centre for Differently Abled Persons (CDAP) of the University of North Bengal for the differently abled students/employees. The Centre focuses on the redressing issues of discrimination and exclusion of differently ab led persons primarily sti;dents and employees of the University of North Bengal. The Centre by its activities promotes inclusion among diversities without any discrimination. In short, it is an effective platform for their career advancement as well as successfully harmonizing among themselves. This Centre is a prime example of harmony and brotherhood based on the principle of mutual respect. The activities are monitored through personal contact programs to redress various problems and suggest ways of improvement. Our motto is to support them by providing required facilities such as computer, Braille, mental support, hearing machine, awareness programmes, seminars, workshops, etc. The goal of the Centre is capacity building among the differently ab led students attending the Centre, make them skill oriented so that they acquire abilities to read, write, hearing and so on. In short, they can express their views with dignity. However, the Centre has been suffering from inadequate staffs, funds and space and affecting its normal function seriously. 4. Name of the FH11lties/ Coordinator: Dr. Samar Kumar Biswas (Present Coordinator, but originally he is the Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology). 5. Name of the Research Scholars: N/A 6. Name of the Project Fellow: NIA 7. Name of the Non-Teaching Staff: NIL 8. Student Strength: NIA 9. Seminar/ Conference attended (Outside the Country & Within the Country): NIA Name of the Name of the /Seminar Venue & Date Title of the paper Teacher Conference presented 10.0reamze . d s em mar IC on fierence: NO Name of the Seminar Date of the Seminar I Remarks Conference Conference 11. Publications: NIA 12. Research Pro"ects a"or& Minor: NIA Ma· or Research Pro· ect Title of the Scheme Pro· ect Sanctioned Authori Remarks 184 13. Visitin Fellow: NO Name of the Visitin Fellow Duration 14. Any other information-Award Received: NO 185 Day Care Centre Day Care Centre, North Bengal University was established .in the month of June, 2008, with UGC- grant under merged scheme. Initially, the centre was attended by four children but during the period (2015-16) three children used to come on regular basis another one children came to the centre on daily basis for few days. The centre is now a fully equipped facility for the children of the teachers and employees of the University. Several teachers and employees have availed the facility during the last five years. At present, one woman on casual basis is working in the centre to look after the children. Coaching Scheme for NET-SET YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT - 2005 Coaching Scheme for National Eligibility Test (NET) for scheduled caste and scheduled tribe students has been introduced by the North Bengal University during the financial year 2005-2006 on the basis of 1 approval of the UGC for the University proposal to start the scheme under the 10 h plan guideline for special schemes in the Universities for scheduled caste and scheduled tribe students. The Executive Council of North Bengal University, after the UGC approval decided to proceed with the programme of coaching scheme in March, 2005, with a view to enhancing the capability of schedule caste and schedule tribe students who constitute almost one-third of the total students strength of the University. Consequently, the Co-ordinator of the programme was appointed; an advisory Committee was constituted as per the UGC guideline. The coaching scheme also has continued with its programme in 2015-2016 Batch - I (session: April to June 2015) including twenty one more Department i.e. Sanskrit, Philosophy, Hindi, Commerce, Sociology, Bengali, Law, Economics, Political Science, English, Nepali, Tea Science, Library Science, Geography, Micro-biology, Computer ~cience, Chemistry, Zoology, Physics, History, Mathematics overall students 341. In 2015-201 Batch - II (session : August 2015 to December 2015) including Twelve more Department i.e. History, Bengali, Hindi, Geography, Library Science, English, Anthropology, Economics, Sociology, Philosophy, Political Science, Mathematics overall students 232. Courses Taught : M.A.: Bengali I English I History I Economics I Philosophy I Political Science I Sociology I Hindi I Nepali I Anthropology I Geography M.Sc.: Mathamatics I Physics I Chemistry I Bio-technology I Micro-biology I Zoology I Botany I Computer Science I Library Science M.Com: Commerce Law/MBA: Facilities : •:• Study materials for all the main subjects and general paper I are provided from the Institute free of cost. •:• Internet •:• Subject Reading materials in the NET Library •:• Daily Newspapers/peri0Jicals Course Period : A) June Session February to May B) December Session August to December 187 Time Table: General Paper - I Friday (5 p.m. to 7 p.m.) & Saturday (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.) Subject Paper - 11/111 Monday to Thursday (5 p.m. to 6 p.m.) FACULTY POSITION: In accordance with the UGC guidelines the schemes does not have any permanent faculty members, nor any permanent staff. The staff pattern Comprises one Co-ordinator (part-time), one part-time Office Assistant and one part-time Office peon. However, teachers belonging to various departments are involved in imparting instructions and training under the coaching scheme. Names of teachers and areas in which they impart instructions are listed below: For the year 2015-2016 Batch-I Session : April 2015 to June 2015 General Paper (Paper - I) 1. Sri Arimdam Basak 2. Sri Varun Kr. Roy 3. Sri Rakesh Kr. Manda! 4. Sri Ardhend.u Manda! 5. Sri Sadesh Lama 6. Sri Manaranjan Singha 7. Dr. Dhiraj Saha 8. Dr. Pravash Mali Subject Paper : (Paper II & III) Department of English: 1. Sri Pinaki Ranjan Das (RS.) 2. Sri Subhasish Bhatacharya (RS.) Department of Philosophy: 1. Dr. Laxmikanta Padhi 2. Dr. Nirmal Kr. Roy Department of History: 1. Sri Varun Kr. Roy 2. Sri Sudesh Lama 3. Sri Sankar Kr. Das Department of Nepali: 1. Sri Basudeo Thapa 2. Smt Saraswati Mohara (R. S.) 3. Sri Sapan Pradhan (R. S.) 188 Department of Hindi: I. Dr. Manisha Jha 2. Dr. Sunil Kr. Dwivedi 3. Sri Santosh Kr. Gupta (R.S.) Department of Geography: 1. Dr. Deepak Kr. Manda[ 2. Dr. Sudip Kr. Bhattacharya 3. Dr. Snehasish Saha 4. Sri Arimdam Basak Department of Computer Science: 1. Sri Rakesh Kr. Manda[ 2. Sri Ardhendu Manda[ Department of Mathematics: I. Sri Manaranjan Singha" 2. Sri Prodip Majhi Department of Zoology: I. Dr. Dhiraj Saha 2. Mr. Tilak Saha Department of Physics: I. Dr. Pravash Mali N o. o f stu d ents appeared. ID NETExam a f ter compI etme. coach' mg c asses: - - No. of students appeared No. of students qualified Name of the Deptt. SC ST OBC GEN Tota SC ST OBC GEN Tota I I Sanskrit 01 --- 01 - --- - Philosophy 24 - 05 12 41 05 - 01 05 11 Hindi 02 02 03 12 19 - - - 01 01 Commerce 02 04 04 10 20 - 01 01 02 04 Sociology - 01 - 01 02 - -- - - Bengali 01 02 - - 03 01 --- 01 Law 01 -- 02 03 -- - - - Economics - 01 04 17 22 -- 01 04 05 Political Science 03 05 03 05 16 01 01 01 02 05 English 12 - 06 12 30 02 - - 02 04 Nepali 04 1 l 07 12 34 - - 01 01 02 Tea Science 01 01 ------Library Science 01 -- - 01 - --- - GeograQh~ 12 01 05 14 32 03 - 01 05 09 - . Micro-biology - - 01 01 02 - --- - Computer Science 01 - 01 06 08 - -- 02 02 Chemistry 01 - 01 - 02 ------Zoology 05 01 02 08 16 01 -- 01 02 189 Phvsics 01 - 02 11 14 - - - 02 02 History 18 08 08 16 50 05 01 02 06 14 Mathematics 05 - 09 10 24 02 - 02 03 07 Total - 94 36 62 149 341 20 03 10 36 69 For the year 2015-2016 Batch -II Session: August 2015 to December 2015 General Paper (Paper -1) I . Sri Rakesh Kr. Manda! 2. Sri Varun Kr. Roy 3. Sri Ardhendu Manda) 4. Sri Arimdam Basak 5. Sri Sudesh Lama Subject Paper: (Paper II & ill) Department of Bengali: 1. Prof. Subodh Kr. Jash 2. Prof. Manjula Bera 3. Prof. Nikhilesh Ch. Ray 4. Prof. Utpal Manda) 5. Dr. Dipak Kr. Roy Department of English: . 1. Sri Subhasish Bhattacharjee (R. S.) 2. Sri Pinaki Ranjan Das (R. S.) Department of Philosophy: I. Dr. Nirmal Kr. Roy 2. Dr. Kantilal Das 3. Dr. Laxmikanta Padhi Department of Economics: I. Dr. Sanchari Roy Mukherjee 2. Dr. Sudakshina Ray 3. Dr. Tamash Ranjan Majumdar 4. Dr. Gobindo Choudhuri 5. Dr. Kanchan Dutta 6. Mr. Karan Tamang Department of History: 1. Sri Varun Kr. Roy 2. Sri Sudesh Lama 3. Sri Sankar Kr. Das Department of Anthropology: 1. Dr. Jaydip Sen 2. Sri Samar Kr. Biswas 3. Dr. Pinak Tarafdar 190 Department of Computer Science: 1. Sri Rakesh Kr. Manda) 2. Sri Ardhendu Manda) Department of Geography & Applied Geography: 1. Dr. Deepak Kr. Manda) 2. Dr. Sudip Bhattacharjee 3. Dr. S. Saha 4. Dr. Ranjan Roy 5. Sri Arin·dam Basak Department of Hindi: 1. Dr. Sunil Kr. Dwivedi 2. Dr. Manisha Jha Department of Mathematics: 1. Sri Manoranjan Singha 2. Sri Pradip Majhi Department of Library Science: J. Mr. Sabtashi Ghosh 2. Mr. Tapan Barui N o. o f st u d ents appeared an d qua l"fi1 1e d.ID NET E xam a f ter compI etmg. coac mg c asses: No. of students appeared No. of students qualified Name of the Deptt. SC ST OBC GEN TOT SC ST OBC GEN TOTA AL L ·-- Historv 25 02 l"2 12 51 07 - 03 04 14 Bengali 14 02 03 09 28 04 - 01 02 07 Hindi 02 06 03 14 25 - 01 - 02 03 Geography. 05 01 04 10 20 02 - 01 03 06 Library Science 13 - 09 26 48 02 - 01 04 07 English 02 - 02 02 06 01 - 01 01 03- Anthropolo!!v 01 - 01 04 06 - - - OJ 01 Economics - OJ 02 06 09 - - - 02 02 Sociology - 01 01 01 03 - - - - - Ph ilosophy 07 - 04 03 14 02 - 01 - 03 Political Science 02 - - - 02 - - - - - Mathematics 03 10 07 20 01 - 01 ------·- Total - 74 13 51 94 232 19 01 08 19 47 - - - - l Prof. S. De Sarkar (Department of Mathematics) acts as the Co-ordinator of scheme. 191 INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES: The coaching scheme at present has the following facilities/equipments sanctioned by the UGC and/or provided by the University: •:• Two Photo-copiers •:• Two Computers with internet facility •:• One laser printer •:• One public-address system with amplifier •:• One LCD Projector with Screen •:• One Laptop •:• One inverter In addition, the Coaching Scheme also is in possession of a small library to cater the needs of the students. The library contains books on general knowledge/studies well as on specialized areas. Presently, coaching classes are held in their respective Departments and classes for (General Paper - I) are held in Room No. I 09 & 112 in Humanities Building. Remedial Coaching Scheme Remedial Coaching Scheme for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students has been introduced by the North Bengal University during the financial year 2005- 2006 on the basis of approval of the UGC for University proposal to start the scheme under the 1Otl 1 plan guidelines for special schemes in the Universities for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students. The Executive Council of North Bengal University, after the UGC approval decided to proceed with the programme of coaching scheme in March, 2005, with a view to enhancing the capability of Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe students who constitute almost one- third of the total students strength of the University. Consequently, the Co ordinator of the programme was appointed, an Advisory Committee was constituted as per the UGC guidelines; selection tests were held and finally coaching classes commenced in November, 2005 in Departments. In the session from March 2015 to May 2015, in the Departments of Economics and Hindi, reme-dial coaching classes were organized and an additional Remedial course in Communicative English were conducted selecting students from all departments of the University with overall students of 99 from all the Departments. In the session from September 2015 to December 2015, in the Departments of Bengali, Economics, History, Philosophy, Hindi, Sociology, Nepali remedial coaching classes were organized and an additional Remedial course in Communicative English were conducted selecting students from all departments of the University with overall students of 426 from all the departments. In the session from March 2016 to May 2016, in the Departments of Bengali, Economics, Hindi remedial coaching classes were organized and an additional Remedial course in Communicative English were conducted selecting students from all departments of the University with overall students of 13 7from all the departments. FACULTY POSITION In accordance with the UGC guidelines the schemes do not have any permanent faculty members, nor any permanent staff. The staff pattern comprises one Co-ordinator (part- time), one part- time Clerk and part time Attendant. However, teachers belonging to various departments are involved in imparting instruction and training under the coaching scheme. Names of teachers and areas in which they impart instructions arc listed below: For the Year 2015 -2016 Communicative English I. Dr. M. Chakraborty 2. Ms. Priyanka Chatterjee Department of Philosophy l . Dr. K. L. Das 2. Dr. L. K. Padhi 3. Dr. Nirmal Kr. Roy 4. Mr. N. Ramthing 5. Smt. S. Ghosh 6. Sri. Abir Kr. Das Department of History I. Dr. B. Kr. Sarkar 2. Mrs. Anita Bagchi . 3. Sri. Varun Kr. Roy 193 4. Ms. D. Bhattacharya 5. Prof. I. Sarkar 6. Sri. Sankar Kr. Das 7. Mr. Sudash Lama Department of Economics 1. Prof. A. Bhuimali 2. Ms. Sudakshina Roy 3. Mr. Kanchan Dutta 4. Mr. T. R. Majumdar 5. Dr. S. R. Mukharjee 6. Sri. Karan Tamang 7. Sri. G. Chowdhury Department of Bengali 1. Prof. S. K. Jash 2. Dr. N. Roy 3. Dr. Dipak Kr. Roy 4. Prof. M. Bera 5. Dr. Tapan Mondo! 6. Dr. Utpal Monda! Department of Hindi 1. Dr. S. K. Dwivedi 2. Dr. Manisha Jha 3. Sri Santosh Kr. Gupta Department of Sociology 1. Sri. Kumar Chhetri 2. Sri. Dichen Sherpa 3. Sri. Bappi Singha 4. Sri. Thandup Bhutia Department of Nepali I. Dr. N. C. Khati 2. Dr. K. R. Ghatani 3. Mr. Basudeo Thapa 4. Sri. Dup Tshering Lepcha 5. Sri. Bikram Biswakarma 6. Smt. Sarita Sharma 194 ENROLMENT OF STUDENTS SC ST OBC GEN T otal Students Students Students Students I .Remedial Course in 13 01 04 Communicative English 08 26 2.Economics (Semester- II) 02 02 04 12 20 (Semester- IV) 01 01 02 16 20 3. Hindi (Semester-II) 02 06 03 14 25 (Semester-IV) 03 02 00 03 08 Session: March 2015 to May 2015 Session: September 2015 to December 2015 - SC ST OBC GEN Total Students Students Students Students r · -- I .Remedial Course in 54 14 29 24 Communicative English 121 2.Bengali (Semester - I) 35 03 I 19 18 75 3 .Economics (Semester- III) 02 02 I 04 17 25 4. History (Semester - I) 30 06 17 13 66 (Semester -III) 17 02 08 04 31 5.Philosophy (Semester-I) 23 02 03 07 35 6. Hindi (Semester-I) 04 12 05 07 28 (Semester-III) 02 05 03 14 24 - ~ 7.Sociology (Semester-I) 05 00 03 03 11 - (Semester-I) 01 04 00 05 ~ N~ pali 10 -- Session: March 2016 to May 2016 SC ST OBC GEN Total Students Students Students - Students I .Remedial Course in 12 01 07 06 26 Communicative English 2_:_ ~~a li (Semester - II) 22 02 12 15 51 3_:_ E_~ onomics (Semester- IV) 02 01 04 09 16 4 . Hindi (Semester- II) 04 12 05 12 33 (Semester-IV) 01 01 01 08 ----11 INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES: The coaching scheme at present has the following facilities/ equipments sanctioned by the UGC and I or provided by the University: • Two photo-copiers • Two computers with internet facility 195 • One laser Printer • One public- address system with amplifier • One LCD Projector with Screen • One Laptop • One inverter In addition, the Coaching Scheme also is in possession of a small library to cater the needs of the students. The library contains books on general knowledge/ studies as well as on specialized areas. Presently, Coaching classes are held in their respective Departments and classes for communicative English are held in room No. I 04 in Humanities Building. 196 The Scheme of Coaching Classes for Entry Into Services Name of the University I College University of North Bengal Scheme approved in the year March, 2005 Actual date of implementation November, 2005 1' 1 Batch Number of Students benefited 26 2"d Batch Number of Students beuefited 92 Total number of students benefited 56+ 48+ 11 + 03 = 118 Students SC ST General Teachers No.of No Performance of the Candidates Students Students /OBC engaged periods of enrolled enrolled Students taken Tests No. of No. of No. of for for enrolled for held candidates candidates candidates Coaching Coaching Coaching appeared qualified in actually for Examination appointed for OBC Gen. Examination the posts I Interview IC o>0hiog 9* Names 141 2 Some for Civil 56 48 II 03 given classes Tests Not Known qualified but Not Known Service below of one (one exact no. not Exam hour Viva Known duration ) Coaching The Same Many Passed SSC and other examinations, but for SSC, Group exact figure is not with the Coaching Centre. Group B was also & Group Coached c for SSC - _J *Names of Teachers: 1) Dr. Arnn K. Jana, 2) Dr. Ramesh Dural, 3) Sri. Amit Jana 4) Sri Debaditya Chakraborty 5) Dr. Kanak Baishya. 6) Sri Sanjay Datta. 7) Sudip khasnobish. 8) Avijit Sutdhaar 9) Anindiya Guha 197 Health Centre Statement of Number of Patients examined at the Health Centre, University of North Bengal and earnings from the Pathological tests as well as the dental treatment during the period 01.04.15 to 31.03.16. I. Number of Patients examined at the Health Centre was 3874. 2. Number of Patients investigated at the Clinical Pathology Laboratory of Health Centre including ECG was 1047. 3. Total amount of earnings from the services at the Clinical Pathology Laboratory were Rs.1,05, 156/-. 4. Number of Samples investigated at the Clinical Pathology Laboratory was 5565. 5. Total amount of earnings from the Dental Tr.::atment were Rs. 1949/- 198 Sports Board ANNUAL PRIZE & BLUE DISTRIBUTION CEREMONY 6th Annual Prize & Blue Distribution Ceremony for the year 2014-15 was organized on 2 pt August, 2015 at the Rabindra Bhanu Mancha. Padmashree Jy.otirmoyee Sikdar and Arjuna Subrata Bhattacharya were present at the occasion. Ten (10) extraordinary Sports Persons of the University were awarded University Blue and 121 Sports Scholarships were distributed. Best Performing, 2nd Best Performing & 3rd Best Performing Colleges were awarded Cash prizes. Two Inter National Coaches of this region were felicitated. INTER UNIVERSITY TOURNAMENTS ATHLETICS The six (6) member Athletics team participated in the 76th All India Inter University Athletics Meet 2015-16. Punjabi University, hosted the All India Inter University Athletics Meet 2015-16 from 29th December, 2015 to 3rd January 2016 at Patiala. Smt. Shipu Mandal of Falakata College secured fourth position in Long Jump (Women) event for the University. BADMINTON (M& W) The East Zone Inter University Badminton Tournament held at KIIT, Bhubaneswar from 17th to 20th September, 2015. The University Badminton team lost in the Pre-Quarters. CRICKET(M) The NBU Cricket team participated in the East Zone Inter University Cricket Tournament for the year 2015-16 held at L.N.Mithila University, Darbhanga during ] 7th Nov. to 30th Dec., 2015.The University Cricket team lost in the first match. FOOTBALL (M) The East Zone Inter University Football (M) Tournament hosted by M.G.Kashi Vidyapith during 13th to 19th October, 2015. The University Football team lost in the close match in the Pre-Quarter level. KHO-KHO(M) The Fast Zone Inter University Kho-Kho (M) Tournament organized by T.M.Bhagalpur University during 17th to 21st December, 2015. The University Kho-Kho(M) team achievei:I the 4th Position in the East Zone Inter University Kho-Kho Tournament and qualified for the National Level. 199 KABADDI(W) The Sports Board, NBU organized the 9th Inter College Kabaddi (Women) Tournament in the Synthetic Surface on 7th October, 2015. Siliguri College won the Championship Trophy beating Saheed Kshudiram College in the Final. Eight Colleges took part in the said Tournament. Smt Jali Roy of Siliguri was selected for the Best Player award. KABADDJ(M) The Sports Board, NBU organized the yd Inter College Kabaddi (Men) Tournament in the NBU Sports Board complex. The Competition was organised on 9th October, 2015. Siliguri College won the Championship Trophy beating Maynaguri College in the Final (34-27). Ten Colleges took part in the said Tournament. Sri Manik Biswas of Siliguri College was. selected for the Best Player award. TABLE TENNIS (M) & (W) The S.P.Roy Memorial Inter College Table Tennis Tournament, 2015-16 was held at Salesian College, Siliguri Campus on 151 & 2nd September, 2015. Nine Colleges took part in the said Tournament. ln the team event, the Siliguri College secured the Championship title beating the Siliguri College of Commerce, by 3-2. In the Individual (Men) section Sri Subhankar Sarkar (Siliguri College) became the winner beating Sri Sourav Saha (Falakata College) & in the Women category, Smt. Anuska Dutta (Siliguri College) became the winner beating Smt. Sayani Bose of (A.P.C.Roy Govt.College). VOLLEYBALL (M) The Inter College Volley-ball Tournament 2015-16 was organized by the Sukanta Mahavidyalaya, on 13th to 14th October 2015. Twelve Colleges participated in the said Tournament. Saheed Kshudiram College achieved the championship title by defeating Siliguri College, in the final Match(2-0). Shri Biplob Das (Saheed Kshudiram College) was selected as Man of the Match in the final Match. CRICKET(M) The Kiran Chandra Memorial Inter College Cricket Tournament for the year 2015-16 was organized by Sports Board, NBU during gth to 15 1h March, 2016 at the NBU Campus. Sixteen Colleges took part in the said Tournament. Falakata College has won the running trophy beating Ananda Chandra College ir: the Final. The Man of the Final Match award was given to Sri Mrityunjoy Mishra of Falakata Coilege. KHO-KHO {M/W) The Panu Dutta Majumder Memorial Inter College Kho-Kho (M/W) Tournament was organized by Maynaguri College on 7th & gth December, 2015. Falakata College clinched the Champion trophy by beating Sukanta Mahavidyalaya in the Men's Final. Sri Pujan Sarkar of Falakata College secured the Mar. of the Final title. Siliguri College achieved the Champion trophy by beating Falakata College in the Women's Final. Smt. Jahida Kha tun of Siliguri College secured the Player of the Final award. 201 CHAPTER - VII DISTANCE EDUCATION· DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION 1. Name of the Department Directorate of Distance Education 2. Date of Establishment 2000 3. Introduction of the Department The University of North Bengal to its voyage of distance mode of learning in the year 2000 to widen the scope of higher education for the students of all section of the society. The Directorate of Distance Education has offered M.A. in Bengali, English, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Mathematicsand Nepali. The Distance Education Council of India, the apex body that gives recognition to the institutions which provides distance mode of learning, has given recognition to the University of North Bengal to run distance mode courses till the academic year 2012-13 . Recently the University Grants Commission - Distance Education Bureau (UGC-DEB, new regulatory authority for DE mode) has extended the recognition of the Directorate, for the academic year 2013-14. The Govt. of West Bengal has issued Orders/Notifications to the effect that Degrees obtained through Distance Education/Correspondence modes shall be treated at par with those in the formal/regular modes. 4. Name of the Faculty : Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Subject Nil Nil Vacant Political Science Vacant Nepali Vacant Mathematics Mrs. Priyanka Chatterjee English Vacant Bengali Vacant History Vacant Philo<:ophy 5. N ame o f t h e N on- T eac h"mg Sta ff : Name Desienation I Mr. Raju Roy Deputy Director Assistant Director Dr. Debabrata Deb - Ms. Chirasree Majumder Distance Leaming Facilitator Sri Pratap Kanungoe Accountant Sri Ranjit Singha Office Assistant -- Sri Palash Pal Office Assistant cum Computer Operator Sri Ujjal Sarkar Office Assistant cum Computer Operator Sri Pravat Kr. Yadav Office Assistant Md. Sahidul Office Attendant Sri Biman Ranjan Roy Office Attendant Sri Rabi Singha Office Attendant - Sri Dinesh Saha Library Attendant Sri Ankur Das Library Attendant Sri Sanjit Roy Office Attendant Sri Laban Kishan Millick Sweeper ~ 203 CHAPTER - VIII UGC Human Resource Development Centre UGC HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT CENTRE 1. Name of the Department UGC Human Resource Development Centre. 2. Date of Establishment 17th November, 2009 3. Introduction of the department To conduct Refresher Courses, Orientation Programmes, Disaster Management for the College I University Teachers, Principals' Workshop and Short Term Courses for the Non-Teaching Staffs and Research Scholars. 4. Name of the Facul Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Prof. Kantilal Das Dr. Manisha Jha Dr. Sujit Kumar Biswas Director A/C) De u Director AIC Assistant Director Honora 5. Name of the Research Scholars NIA 6. Name of the Project Scholars NIA 7. Name of the Non-Teaching Staff Name Designation Sanioy Roy Hakim Jr. Peon Pankaj Mandal Office Assistant (Casual) Bikram Roy Peon (Casual) Alokananda Choudhury Hostel Attendant (Casual) Saniit Kumar Mallik Sweeper (Casual) 8. Students Strength NIA 9. Seminar I Conferences attended (Outside the Country & within the Country) : NIA I 0. Organized OPs I RCs 4 Ops, 6 RCs & 4 Short term Courses. 11. Publication NIA 12. Research Projects (Major & Minor) NIA 13. Visiting Fellow A considerable number of Resource Persons visited HRDC for giving lectures in RC's and OP's and Short Term Courses. 14. Any other information A well equipped library and Computer Lab. serving the purpose of the College I University teachers, Principals, non-teaching staff, Research Scholars etc. 205 ~ · CHAPTER- IX GENERAL ADMINISTRATION EXAMINATION BRANCH U.G. Examinations, 2015 (System of Examination - Annual) Total Percentage Examination dates Result SI. Name of No. of of published No. Examination Commencement Last d~te of candidates qualified on of examination examination appeared candidates 03.06.2015 (Th.) I. B.A. Part I (Hons.) 07.04.2015 25.08.2015 14828 66.01 27.06.2015 (Pr.) 03.06.2015 (Th.) 2. B.A. Part I (Gen.) 28.04.2015 25.08.2015 62863 57.57 30.07.2015 (Pr.) B.A. Part II 03.06.2015 (Th.) 3. 09.04.2015 25.08.2015 10351 85.22 (Hons.) 20.06.2015 (Pr.) 03.06.2015 (Th.) 4. B.A. Part II (Gen.) 27.04.2015 25.08.2015 36630 84.76 31.07.2015 (Pr.) B.A. Part III 22.04.2015 (Th.) 5. u6.04.2015 29.06.2015 9273 79.10 (Hons.) 17.06.2015 (Pr.) B.A. Part III 22.04.2015 (Th.) 6. 06.04.2015 29.06.2015 25179 49.06 (Gen.) 20.06.2015 (Pr.) B.Sc. Part I 03.06.2015 (Th.) 7. 07.04.2015 25.08.2015 2448 59.40 (Hons.) 11.07.2015 (Pr.) 03.06.2015 (Th.) 8. B.Sc. Part 1 (Gen.) 28.04.2015 25.08.2015 1829 48.71 08.08.2015 (Pr.) B.Sc. Part II 03.06.2015 (Th.) 9. 09.04.2015 25.08.2015 1422 83.30 (Hons.) 11.07.2015 (Pr.) B.Sc. Part 11 03.06.2015 (Th.) I 10. 27.04.2015 25.08.2015 684 85.23 I (Gen.) 08.08.2015 (Pr.) B.Sc. Part III 22.04.2015 (Th.) 11. Q6.04.2015 29.06.2015 1073 82.85 (Hons.) 17.06.2915 (Pr.) B.Sc. Part 111 22.04.2015 (Th.) 12 . 06.04.2015 29.06.2015 542 89.67 (Gen.) 20.06.2015 (Pr.) B.Com. Part I 13. 17.04.2015 03.06.2015 (Th.) 25.08.2015 1316 59.77 (Hons.) B.Com. Part 1 14. 28.04.2015 03.06.2015 (Th.) 25.08.2015 3075 39.74 (Gen.) B.Com. Part II 15. 09.04.2015 03.06.2015 (Th.) 25.08.2015 999 88.16 (Hons.) B.Com. Part II 16. 27.04.2015 03.06.2015 (Th.) 25.08.2015 1632 81.20 (Gen.) B.Com. Part III 17. 06.04.2015 22.04.2015 (Th.) 29.06.2015 745 86.98 - (Hons.) B.Com. Part III 18. 06.04.2015 22.04.2015 (Th.) 29.06.2015 1141 76.77 (Gen.) - 19. B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) 02.07.2015 17.07.2015 17.08.2015 59 96.61 - f-- 20. B.A.LL.B.(Gen.) 02.07.2015 14.07.2015 17.08.2015 46 95.65 207 22. LL.B (3yrs) 02.07.2015 18.07.2015 17.08.2015 41 92.68 23. B.Ed. 20.07.2015 13.08.2015 31.08.2015 1034 98.74 24. B.P.Ed. 15.06.2015 19.06.2015 22.07.2015 135 94.07 25. B.C.A. 27.07.2015 07.08.2015 20.08.2015 65 83.07 26. B.B.A. 06.07.2015 30.07.2015 01.09.2015 122 74.59 27. BLIS 06.07.2015 20.07.2015 07.08.2015 40 100 208 P.G. Examinations, 2015 (System of Examination - Semester) Examination dates Total Percentage Result SI. Name of Date of No. of of End date published No. Examination commencement candidates qualified of examination on of examination appeared candidates 01. Anthropology 02.07.2015 21.07.2015 29.07.2015 10 100 02. Bengali 02.07.2015 21.07.2015 01.10.2015 164 100 . 03. Biotechnology 02.07.2015 21.07.2015 20.08.2015 05 100 04. Botany (D.G.C.) 19.11.2015 08.10.2015 20.08.2015 05. Botany (N.B.U.) 02.07.2015 21.07.2015 20.08.2015 23 100 06. Chemistry 02.07.2015 21.07.2015 29.07.2015 39 100 07. Commerce 02.07.2015 21.07.2015 27.08.2015 43 95.34 Computer 08. 02.07.2015 21.07.2015 20.08.2015 08 100 Science 09. Economics 02.07.2015 21.07.2015 27.08.2015 24 100 10. English 02.07.2015 21.07.2015 27.08.2015 110 99 Geography & I I. Applied 02.07.2015 21.07.2015 20.08.2015 57 100 Geography 12. Hindi 02.07.2015 21.07.2015 09.08.2015 13 100 13. History 02.07.2015 21.07.2015 02.09.2015 63 100 14. LL.M. 25.05.2015 02.06.2015 29.09.2015 15 100 15. M.B.A. 25 100 M.C.A. Semester 16. 25.05.2015 26.05.2015 19.06.2015 24 83.33 VI 17. M.L.I.S. 14.12.2015 30.12.2015 09.01.2016 02 100 Mass 18. 02.07.2015 21.07.2015 29.07.2015 10 100 Communication 19. Mathematics 02.07.2015 21.07.2015 22.08.2015 48 100 20. Microbiology 02.07.2015 21.07.2015 09.08.2015 18 100 21. Nepali 02.07.2015 21.07.2015 31.08.2015 53 100 22. Philosophy 02.07.2015 21.07.2015 27.08.2015 55 98.18 23. Physics 02.07.2015 21.07.2015 20.08.2015 40 100 -- 24. Political Science 02.07.2015 21.07.2015 23.09.2015 58 96.55 - Rural 25. 02.07.2015 21.07.2015 30.09.2015 26 100 Development - Sanskrit 02.07.2015 21.07.2015 27.08.2015 31 100 ---26. 27. Sociology 02.07.2015 21.07.2015 20.08.2015 24 95 .83 Strategic Area 28. 02.07.2015 21.07.2015 20.08.2015 05 100 Studies 29. Tea Science 02.07.2015 21.07.2015 07.09.2015 03 100 Zoology 30. 19.11.2015 03.12.2016 20.08.2015 (D.G.C.) Zoology 02.07.2015 21.07.2015 20.08.2015 24 100 131. (N.B.U.) . - I 32. P.G.D.T.M. 03.08.2015 18.08.2015 19.09.2015 15 66.70 J 209 P.G. (Distance Education), 2015 (System of Examination - Annual) Examination dates Total Percentage Result SI. Name of Date of No.of of End date of published No. Examination Commencement candidates qualified examination on of examination appeared candidates 01. Bengali 08.03.2016 17.03.2016 10.08.2016 571 79.33 02. English 08.03.2016 17.03.2016 20.07.2016 285 80.70 03. History 08.03.2016 17.03.2016 17.08.2016 418 75.59 04. Mathematics 08.03.2016 18.03.2016 22.07.2016 42 85.71 05. Nepali 08.03.2016 16.03.2016 15.07.2016 109 64.22 06. Philosophy 03.08.2015 16.03.2016 02.08.2016 53 67.92 Political 07. 08.03.2016 16.03.2016 31.08.2016 239 87.44 Science UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL RAJA RAMMOHANPUR, DARJEELING CONSOLIDATED INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT (PROVISIONAL) For the Period from 01/04/15 to 31/03/16 ' 2014. 2015 2015 -2016 EXPENDITURE INCOME 2014 -2015 2015. 2016 Rs. AMOUNT Rs. AMOUNT Rs. AMOUNT Rs. AMOUNT To Revenue Ex11enditure By Revenue Income NBU General Fund 73.7!,30,231.00 71,38,79.973 97 NBU General Fund 76.50,39 30573 82,44.\13.777.43 NBU C.S.l.R. Fund 884.00 174.38 NBU C.S.l.R. Fund 54.361.00 68,879.00 NBU N.S.S. Fund 2,81.2E·9 00 1.BB.448.00 NBU N.S.S. fund 5.B4.590.00 13,98,717.00 NBU UIP Fund 4,97,586.00 ! ,35,940.00 NBU UJPFund 2.77,342.00 2,46,889.00 NBU Develop.of Infra.Fae.Fund 62,547.00 52,92,882.00 NBU Dev.of Infra.Fae.Fund 1,25,90,050.00 3,50.46.154.00 NBU Misc.Self Financed Courses 16,34 ,794.00 ltl.78,64 7.00 NBU Endowment Fund 2,09,542.00 1.3\1,836.00 NBUJt.Se lf Financed Courses 4,56,490 00 18,630.00 NBU Pension & Gratuity Fund 3.86,60,297.00 7,03,24 820.00 NBU Prof. N.H.C. For M.S. Fund NBU Misc.Self Financed Courses 11,92, 172.00 15,29.613.00 NBU ODE Fund 1,32,02,442.36 89,21,369.00 NBU )t.Self Financed Courses 9,68,652.00 86,17, 106.00 NBU COFAM NBU Prof. N.H.C.M.S. Fund 1 99,791 00 2,24 .92800 NBU Endowment Fund 9130.00 NBU ODE Fund U7.74.608.00 4,70,89,212.00 NBU E P.F. 1355.00 229.00 NBU COFAM 1,14,'133.00 11 666.50 NBUJalpaiguri Campus 33,80,039.00 51 , 11,294 .00 NBU )alpaiguri Campus 392 7.434.00 18,08,741 .00 NBU RUSAFund 1,191.00 NBU RUSA Fund - 80,000.00 NBU SBD Fund 5,78,888.00 75,72,26,775.36 8,04,352.00 73,60,33, 130.35 NBU E.P.f . 1,80,91, 116.00 1,93,07 .957.00 NBU N CllT DBT 2,434.00 2,573.00 ...... To Transferred to : NBU SBO Fund 19,59,431 .50 27,18,219.00 ...... Capital Fund 16,85,901.00 '10,53,382.00 NBU UGC SAP fund 15.374.00 88,16,60.634.23 1,01,24,09,087.93 Pension & Gratuity Fund 1,00,00,000 00 1,00,00,000 00 Sports Development Fund 12,89,000.00 10,00,000.00 General Reserve Fund 2,06,84 ,635.73 3,35,59 537.73 5,37.1:\9.597.46 6.58,42,979.46 To Contribution to DIF Fund from NBU General Fund 1,00,00,000.00 l ,OO,G0,000.00 NBU Misc.Self Financed Courses 83,000.00 1,27,040.00 NBU)t.Self Fin~ncedCourses 60 ,250.00 3,105.00 NBU ODE Fund 20 98,635.00 1,22,41 ,885.00 7 69.297 00 1,08,89,442.00 To Contribution to NBU General Fund from NBU Endowment Fund 2 ,08,582.00 1,39,836.00 To Net Surplus 7,83,23 ,854. 14 19,94,93,700.12 88,16,60,634.23 1,01,24,09,087.93 88.16,60,634.23 1,01.24,09,067.93 Sdl- Sd/. Sd/- (0. Basak) (S. Das) (Dr. S. N. Saha) Sr. Assistant '\ccounts Officer Audit & Accounts Officer & Finance Officer {Offg.) UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL RAJA RAMN.OHANPUR, DARJEELING CONSOLIDATED RECclPTS & PAYMENT ACCOUNT (PROVISIONAL) For the year ended 31.3.2016 Receipts Sched Amount Previous Year Amount Current Year Sched Amount Previous Year Amount Current Year ule (Rs l (Rs,) (Rs .) Payments (Rs.) ulo (Rs.) (Rs.) To Opening Balance: (Rs.) (Rs.) By Revenue Payments 1 75.72,26.775 36 73,61 .72.966 35 Cash at Bank 6 40.40, 78.999 63 47 29,61,369.77 By Capital Payments l 8 4~1.18.065.00 15, 18.04.298.00 Treasury 6 20.79.93.695.09 21.92,03,442.09 P/l Ne with Treasury 17 ,995.00 17,995.00 By Loans 6. Advances SB! Collection Ate 2 4.84,60 ,263.41 4,3 1.53,340. 11 559.50 61,20,91,249.22 559.50 B9,21 ,83.366.313 To Revenue Receipts 1 88 , 16.82,491 .23 1.01 ,24.09.087.93 By Payments on Projects 3 5.11,02.891 00 4,07.18:150.00 To Capital Receipts l '16,88. 78,996 00 26,68.98.439 00 By Investment 7 1,09.06,73 .893.00 2.13,85.51 ,060 00 TO Recovery of Advances N 2 4 91.47,005 41 4,62 89 804 06 By Current Liabilities ..... 4 " 16.8 t 60 753 73 16,66.64.738 so N To Receipts on Projects 3 4 23,54,247 00 5,09.18515SO By Loan (Liability) 5 ' - To Investments 7 98 29,40 ,043 00 1,88,42 ,24,002 00 By Capital Work-In-Progress 10 2.07.24,287.00 14,22,90.259.00 To Current Liabilities 4 17 63,56.263.00 17,66, 13,488 .54 To Loan (Liability) 5 By Closing Balance Cash lh Hand 32.272.00 Cash at Bank 6 47,29.61,369.77 47,81,78,658.84 Treasury 6 21,92,03,442 09 23.19,52.466.09 P/L AJc with Treasury 17.995.00 17 ,995.00 SBI Collection Ate 559.50 69.21.83,366.36 559.50 71.01 ,81J15 1.43 2.91,34,50,294.86 4.12,95,36,763.39 2,91.34,50,294.86 4.12,95,36.763.39 Sd/. Sd/. (D. Bosak) Sd/- (S. Das) Sr. Assistant (Dr. S. N. Soho) Accounts Officer Audit & Accounts Olficer & Finance Officer (Offg.) UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL RAJA RAMMOHANPUR, DARJEELING CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (PROVISIONAL) AS ON 31/03/2016 Sched Previous Year LIABILITIES Amount Current Year Sched Amount Previous Year Amount Current Year ule (Rs.) ASSETS (Rs.) (Rs.) u!e (Rs.) (Rs.) (Rs.) (Rs.) General Fund • NBU Fixed Assets 8 85.36.92.332.3 1 93 92,50,445.31 Revenue 1,46,22,238.79 4,93,80 590.79 Capital 14.74.01,785.83 22,90.59.894.83 Ca!1ital Work-in-Progress 10 15,08.54 .178 00 29,3'1,44,437.00 General Fund - NBUMC Revenue 1,01,566.93 1,01,566.93 Investment 7 1,21,6'1,61, 141.00 '1,47 04.88.139.00 Capital B,40,998.02 8,40,998.02 General Reserve Fund - NBU 16,65.75,569 05 22,03.65, 166. 51 Cagital Assets Fund 9 85,36.92,332.31 93,92,50,445.31 Loans & Advances 2 4,43,51,959.09 •HIB,33..795.64 Earmarked Fund UGC Project General 2.74,7 17.85 2,74,717.85 Cash in Hand 32,272.00 N Capital ,._. 2,98, 70,563.76 2,16,75,706.76 Cash at Bank 6 47,29,61,369.77 47,81,78,658 .84 . Project & Scheme 3 w (2.78,575.63) 2,42,302.37 Treasury 6 21,92,03,442.09 23,19,52.466.09 Non;UGC Project P/L Ne with Treasur1 17,995.00 17,995.00 General 6.92,420.00 7, '17,842.00 SBI Collection Ate 559.50 559.50 Projects & Scheme! 3 1,55,61,931.91 2,25,73,742.91 C.S.l.R. 69,2 1,83,366.36 71,0 1,81.951.43 General 3,39,86213 4,08,560. 75 Research Project Fund 3 ( 18821) (51,8062 1) Research Scholar Fune 3 (21,24,330.26) (20,14,451 26} UGC SAP 1.99,973.50 l,99.974.00 N.S5. General 18,00,090.00 23,10 ,359.00 Projects & Scheme! 3 7 I ,681.00 79,681.00 University Innovative PrograrnmE General (I 1,33,763 29) (10,22.814 29) Projects & Schemes 3 50,85, 155.00 50 ,85 155.00 DeveloQment of Infra. Fae. Fune General 28,60,73,038.67 33.22,41,069.67 Capital 2, 19,35,532.00 2,19 ,35,532.00 Total CIF 1,54, 16.02,599.36 1,84.36,54.239.94 Total CIF 2,95,72.42.976.76 3.46.28.98,768.38 Sch e Pr vi us Yea1 LIABILITIES e o Amount Current Year Sche Am ount Previous Year Amount Current Yenr dule (Rs.) .) ASSETS (Rs (Rs.) dule (Rs.) (Rs.) (Rs.) (Rs.) Total B/F 1.54.16,02,599.36 1,84,36,54.239.94 Total BIF 2,95,72,42,976. 76 3.46,28,98, 768.38 Endowment Fund 15,54,221.00 15,54.221.00 Pension & Gratui!Y: Fune 66,89,B0,937.62 74,93,05.757.62 Misc. Self Financed Courses Fun< 21,85, 165.00 19,09.091.00 Jt. Self Financed Courses Fune 4,98.51,033.79 5 84 46 .404 79 Prof N.H .C.For M.S. Fune 53,45,900 00 57,64,610 00 D.D.E. Fund 27,71.18.708.29 31 45, 17,254.29 CO FAM 28.89.64•3.50 CllT DBT 63,685.93 66.258.93 E.P.F 23,44.54,355.09 24.91,78.189.09 NAIP ICAR Project 3 (64,821.00) -64,485.00 SBD Fund Capital 1.32,81,139.50 1.61,95.006.50 UGC HRDC Fund Projects & Schemes 3 (29,85, 117 .00) (3,84,037.50) )al11aiguri Cam11u5 General ( 1,92,421.00) (34,94.974.00) N Capital ..,...... 10, 11,00,000.00 10, 11,00.000.00 RUSA Fund General 78.809 00 Capital 5.05,46.302 00 Current Liabilities & Provision 4 6,17,78,890.68 7.42.47.067.72 : Loan !Liabilit~l 5 2,79,053.00 2.79,053.00 2,95,72,42 ,976. 76 3,46,28,98, 768.38 2,95.72,42,976.76 3.46,28,98, 768.38 Sd/. Sd/- Sd/- (0. Bosak) (S. Oas) (Or. S. N. Saha) Sr. Assistant Accounts Officer Audit & Accounts Officer & Finance Officer (Offg.) OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY COUNCIL FOR UNDER GRADUATE STUDIES Secretary Dr. Nupur Das Staff Strength (U.G. Councnil) Mrs. Geeta Roy (Das), Sr. Asst Mr. Gautam Sarkar , Jr. Asst. Mr. Labin Singha, Sr. Peon Nature of Work: The Office of the Secretary, Under Graduate Council North Bengal University is a bridge between the Mother University of North Bengal University Total number of College affiliated to the University of North Bengal Number of General Degree Colleges 46 Number ofB.Ed Colleges 15 Number ofB.P.Ed Colleges 02 l~u mber of Law Colleges 02 Department of Law 01 A Profile The Prime agenda of the Under Graduate Council, North Bengal University is to form a bridge between the mother University of North Bengal and its affiliating Colleges. The Department strives continuously with the objective of helping all Colleges to improve its quality of Education. Through its various units like the Boards of Under Graduate Studies and numerous Expert Committees the Department has tried to accomplish a process based on interactively, quality enhancing mechanism and has yielded appreciable results at the Under Graduate workplace under the University of North Bengal. Council, Boards and Committees 1. Boards of Under Graduate Studies 2. Expert Committee 3. Expert Committees under Career Oriented Programmee ENGLISH, COMPUTER SCIENCE, BENGALI, HISTORY, ECONOMICS, PHILOSOPHY, POLITICAL SCIENCE, COMMERCE, SOCIOLOGY, NEPALI, PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, MATHEMATICS, GEOGRAPHY, BOTANY, ZOOLOGY, HINDI, TOTAL BOARDS OF SANSKRIT, EDUCATION, LAW, ARABIC, URDU, MODERN UNDER GRADUATE TIBETAN, PHYSIOLOGY, PHYSICAL · EDUCATION, STUDIES GEOLOGICAL SCIENCE, PSCHOLOGY STATISTIC, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, SERICULTURE, MICROBIOLOGY, MASS COMMUNICATION & JOURNALIOSM, TOURISM MANAGEMENT & RETAIL MANAGEMENT _ j 215 1. B.Sc. Course in Internet Science I Software System (ZILS) of Campus Education Course (ZILS) TOTAL EXPERT 2. Lepcha, Limboo & Bhutia COMMITTEE 3. B.B.A. 4. B.C.A. - 1. Monitoring Committee on C.O.P. 2. Communicative English 3. Mass Communication & Journalism 4. Eco Tourism Management TOTAL EXPERT 5. Tourism & Travel Management COMMITTEE under 6. Computer Application Career Oriented 7. Office Management & Secretarial Practice Programmee (C.O.P.) 8. Tax Procedure & Practice 9. Banking Management 10. Women's Studies 11. Human Rights & Values in Education 12. Music REACHING OUT : Reaching Out to the Stake holders is an essential component of the Under Graduate Councils process. This is done through. a. The functioning of the Under Graduate Council through its Boards of Under Graduate Studies and numerous Expert Committees. b. Regular correspondence with all Colleges c. Updating all Colleges with recent Circulars from the University Grants Commission I Ministry of Human Resource Development I Higher Education Council and University of North Bengal. d. Websikte www.nbu.ac.in & www.nbubed.org (centralized B.Ed. Cell) e. Networking with teachers from the University and the Colleges. f D;rectory and database for all Colleges - with reference to teachers, subjects, taught. BENEFITS: o Helps the Colleges to know its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities through an informed review. o To identify internal areas ofplanning and resource allocation in each Colleges. o Enhances collegiality on the campus. o The outcome of the process provides the funding agencies with objective and systematic database for performance funding. o Intiates instruction into innovative and modern methods ofpedagogy. u Gives the each College a new sense ofdirection and identity. u Provides the society with reliable information on the quality of education offered by the Colleges in North Bengal u Promotes intra-College and inter-University interactions. 216 CHAPTER-X AUTHORITIES OF THE UNIVERSITY LIST OF THE COURT MEMBERS OF 2015-2016 Sri Keshari Nath Tripathi l The Chancellor University of North Bengal Prof. Somnath Ghosh 2 Vice - Chancellor University of North Bengal ~ Prof. P.R. Sengupta 3 Dean, Faculty Council for P.O. Stwdies in Arts, Commerce & Law Prof. Amitava Mukhopadhyay 4 Dean, Faculty Council for P.G. Studies in Science Sri Siladitya Basu Ray WBCS (Exe), Jt. Secretary 5 Higher Education Department . University Branch Bikash Bhavan, 6111 floor, Kolkata - 91 The Principal Secretary Department of Finance 6 Government of West Bengal· Writers' Building, Kolkata- 700001 Prof. Manas Banerjee Department of Chemistry 7 Burdwan University . Rai bati, Burdwan - 713104 The President West Bengal Council for HigherSecondary Education 8 V idyasagar Bhaban Block- DJ, Sector - II Salt Lake, Kolkata-91 The President West Bengal Board of Madrasah Education, 9 Begum ~okaiya Bhaban . 19, Haji Md. Mahasin Square, Kolkata - 700016 The President 10 West Bengal Board of Secondary Education 77 /2 Park Street, Kolkata - 700016 Director of Public Instruction Govt. of West Bengal 11 Education Directorate Bikash Bhawan, Salt Lake, Kol-91 The Chairman University Grants Commission 12 Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg New Delhi- 110002 217 Prof. Braj Nath Kundu Institute of Education 13 Visva Bharati University Shantiniketan, Birbhum Dr. Ringee Eden Wangdi Swaika Villa 14 Old Kutenery Road Darjeeling 734101 Representative of Department & colle2es: The Head 15 Department of Anthropology University of North Bengal TheHead 16 Department of Bengali University of North Bengal The Head 17 Department of Bio-Technology University of North Bengal The Head 18 Department of Botany University of North Bengal The Head 19 Department of Chemistry University of North Bengal The Head 20 Department of Computer Science & Application University of North Bengal The Head 21 Department of Commerce University of North Bengal -- The Head 22 Department of Economics University of North Bengal The Head 23 Department of English University of North Bengal The Head 24 Department of Geography & Applied Geography University of North Bengal The Head 26 Department of Hindi University of North Bengal The Head 27 Department of History University of North Bengal - The Head 28 Department of Law University of North Bengal The Head 29 Department of Library & Information Science University of North Bengal The Head 30 Department of Life Long Learning & Extension University of North Bengal The Head 31 Department of Management i University of North Bengal I The Head 32 Department of Mass Communication University of North Bengal I The Head ! 33 Department of Mathematics University of North Bengal The Head 34 Department of Microbiology University of North Bengal The Head 35 Department of Nepali University of North Bengal The Head 36 Department of Philosophy University of North Bengal The Head 37 Department of Physics University of North Bengal ~ The Head 38 Department of Political Science University of North Bengal f-- The Head 39 Department of Sociology University of North Bengal The Head 41 Department of Zoology University of North Bengal Senior Professor of the University Prof.Palash Ranjan Sengupta 4'.' Department of Commerce University of North Bengal Prof.B iswanath Chakraborty 43 Department of Botany University of North Bengal Prof Kanak Kanti Bagchi 44 Department of Economics University of North Bengal Prof.Basudeb Basu 45 Department of Chemistry University of North Bengal Prof. Manjula Bera 46 Department of Bengali University of North Bengal - - - Principals ofAffiliated Collef(es The Principal Cluni Women's College 47 P.O:Kalimpong Dist: Darjeeling The Principal Indian Institute of Legal Studies 48 Dagapur,Siliguri Dist:Dargeeling The Principal 49 AC.Training College P.O & Dist.Jalpaiguri The Principal Maynaguri college - 51 P.O:Mainaguri Dist.Jalpaiguri Pin:735224 The Principal Islampur College 53 P.O:Islampur Dist: Uttar Dinajpur The Principal 54 Salesian College P.O:& Dist:Darjeeling The Principal Tufanganj College 55 P.O;Tufanganj Dist:Cooch Behar Members nominated by the Chancellor: Dr.Renu Bapna Advisor-I 56 All India Council For Technical Education Chanderlok building, 7th Floor,Janpath,New delhi-110001 Prof.Arnmitava Roy Chaudhuri Sir Tarak Nath Pal it Professor of Physics Department of Physics 57 University Of Calcutta 92 Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road Kolkata-700009 Prof.Kalyan Kr.Datta Lg 26/5-B Ballygunge Circular Road -----Kolkata-19- 220 Prof.Bipul Kr.Bhadra Professor of Sociology 59 Jadavpur University Kolkata-32 Prof.Arunoday Saha Former Vice-Chancellor 60 Tripura University Suryamaninagar, Tripura(W),Pin:799022 LIST OF E.C. MEMBERS OF 2015-2016: Prof. Sornnath Ghosh ; 1 Vice-Chancellor University of North Bengal Sri Siladitya Basu Ray WBCS (Exe), Jt. Secretary 2 Higher Education Department University Branch Bikash Bhavan, 6th floor, Kolkata - 91 The Principal Secretary Department of Finance 3 Govt.of West Bengal Writers'Buildings', Kolkata-01 Dr. Dipak Ranjan Manda! Vice - Chancellor Sidhu-Kanho-Birsa University 5 Purelia Zilla Parisad Old Administrative Building, .Tubilee Complex P.O. & Dist. - Purelia - 723101 Director of Public Instruction Govt. of West Bengal 6 Education Directorate · Bikash Bhavan, Salt Lake Kolkata- 91 Prof. P.R. Sengupta Dean, Faculty Council for P.G. Studies in Arts, Commerce & Law University of North Bengal Prof. Amitava Mukhopadhyay Dean, 7 Faculty Council for P.G. Studies in Science - University of North Bngal Principals of Affiliated Collee:es The Principal 8 AC.Training College P.O & Dist.Jalpaiguri The Principal Jalpaiguri Law College 9 Beguntari More, P.O & Dist:Jalpaiguri The Principal Indian Institute of Legal Studies 10 Dagapur,Siliguri Dist:Dargeeling The Principal 11 P.D. Women's College P.O. & Dist - Jalpaiguri 222 The Principal Maynaguri college 13 P.O:Mainaguri Dist.Jalpaiguri Pin:735224 The Principal Sahid Kshudiram College 14 P.O. - Kamakshyaguri Dist - Jalpaiguri r--· Other Members (Three Heads of the De_1>artments): The Head 15 Department of Computer Science & Application University of North Bengal The Head 16 Department of Economics University of North Bengal The Head 17 Department of English University of North Bengal Chancellor's Nominee: Prof. Suparna Gooptu University of Calcutta Department of History 18 Kshudiram Siksha Prangan 1, Reformatory Street, Alipore Kolkata 700027 Prof. Mahendra P Lama Former Vice - Chancellor Sikkim University 19 School of International Relations Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi PIN 110067 LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY COUNCIL FOR P.G. STUDIES IN SCIENCE OF 2015-2016. Prof. Dr. Somnath Ghosh, Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor, NBU Chairman Prof. Anuradha Mukhopadhyay, Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor, DHWU -Nominee of the Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor, NBU. Dr. G. C. De, Department of Chemistry, Alipurduar College, Alipurduar. -Nominee of the Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor, NBU. The Dean, Faculty Council for P.G. Studies in Science Vice-Chairman The Head of the Head of the Department of Chemistry The Head of the Head of the Departr1 ent of Physics The Head of the Department of Mathematics · The Head of the Department of Geography & Applied Geography The Head of the Department of Botany The Head of the Department of Zoology The Head of the Department of Biotechnology The Head of the Department of Computer Science & Application The Head of the Department of Anthropology The Head of the Department of Microbiology The Head of the Department of Tea Science Prof. Parag Sinchan Roy, Department of Chemistry Prof. Swapan Kr. Saha, Department of Chemistry - (Retired on 05.01.2016) Prof. Mahendra Nath Roy, Department of Chemistry Prof. Basudeb Basu, Department of Chemistry Prof. Amitabha Mukhopadhyay, Department of Physics Prof. Pradip Kr. Manda!, Department of Physics 224 Prof. Supama De Sarkar, Department of Mathematics Prof. Dhurjati Prasad Dutta, Department of ~athematics I ' Prof. Kamal Kanti Nandi, Department of Mathematics - (Retired on 26.01.2016) Prof. Manoj Kr. Bose, Department of Mathematics Prof. Subir Sarkar, Department of Geography & Applied Geography Prof. Biswanath Chakraborty, Department of Botany Prof. Usha Chakraborty, Department of Botany Prof. Abhoy Prasad Das, Department of Botany Prof. Prabir Kr. Sarkar, Department of Botany Prof. Sudip Barat, Department of Zoology Prof. Ananda Mukhopadhyay, Department of Zoology Prof. Tapas Kr. Chaudhuri, Department of Zoology Prof. Sub has Ch Paul, Department of Computer Science & Application Prof. Ranjit Kr. Samanta, Department of Computer Science & Application Prof. Nayan Ranjan Manna, Department of Computer Science & Application Prof. Malay Kr. Das, Department of Physics Prof. B. C. Paul, Department of Physics Prof. Pranab Ghosh, Department of Chemistry Prof. Amiya Kr. Panda, Department of Chemistry Prof. Anirban Mishra, Department of Chemistry Prof. Jaydip Sen, Department of Anthropology Prof. Ranadhir Chakraborty, Department of Biotechnology 225 LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY COUNCIL FOR P.G STUDIES IN ACL OF 2015-2016: Prof. Dr. Somnath Ghosh, Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor, NBU - Chairman. Prof. Ranjan Chakrabarti, Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor, VU -Nominee of the Hon'ble Vice Chancellor, NBU. Dr. Mukul Ghosh, Surya Sen Mahavidyalaya, Siliguri - Nominee of the Hon'ble Vice Chancellor, NBU. The Dean, Faculty Council for P.G Studies in Arts, Com & Law, - Vice-Chairman. The Head, Dept. of Bengali, NBU. The Head, Dept. of Economics, NBU. The Head, Dept. of Philosophy, NBU. The Head, Dept. of History, NBU. The Head, Dept. of English, NBU. The Head, Dept. of Commerce, NBU. The Head, Dept. of Nepali, NBU. The Head, Dept. of Hindi, NBU. The Head, Dept. of Mass Communication, NBU. The Head, Dept. of Sociology, NBU. The Head, Dept. of Political Science, NBU. The Head, Dept. of Life Long Learning & Extension, NBU. The Head, Dept. of Law, NBU. The Head, Dept. of Library & Information Science, NBU. The Head, Dept. of Management, NBU. The Director, Centre for Himalayan Studies, NBU. Prof. Subodh Kr. Jash, Dept. of Bengali, NBU. Prof. Manjula Bera, Dept. of Bengali, NBU. Prof. Nikhil Ch. Roy, Dept. of Bengali, NBU. Prof. Utpal Manda!, Dept. of Bengali, NBU. Prof. Manas Chakraborty, Dept. of Political Science, NBU. Prof. Md. Yasin, Dept. of Political Science, NBU. Prof. Soumitra. De, Dept. of Political Science, NBU. Prof. Soumyajit Samanta, Dept. of English, NBU. Prof. Ashis Sengupta, Dept. of English, NBU. 226 Prof. Ichhimuddin Sarkar, Dept. of History, NBU. Prof. Anita Bagchi, Dept. of History, NBU. Prof. Bijoy Kr. Sarkar, Dept. of History, NBU. Prof. Sanchari Roy Mukherjee, Dept. of Economics, NBU. Prof. Jeta Sankirtayana, Dept. of Economics, NBU. Prof. Anil Bhuimali, Dept. of Economics, NBU. Prof. Kanak Kanti Bagchi, Dept. of Economics, NBU. Prof. Kantilal Das, Dept. of Philosophy, NBU. Prof. Jyotish Ch. Basak, Dept. of Philosophy, NBU. Prof. Debika Saha, Dept. of Philosophy, NBU. Prof. Palas Ranjan Sengupta, Dept. of Commerce, NBU. Prof. lndrajit Roy, Dept. of Commerce, NBU. Prof. Samirendra Nath Dhar, Dept. of Commerce, NBU. Prof. Ajit Kr. Roy, Dept. of Commerce, NBU. Prof. Hirak Ray, Dept.of Commerce, NBU. Prof. Dipen Roy, Dept. of Commerce, NBU. Prof. Dcbabrata Mitra, Dept. of Commerce, NBU. Prof. Rajatsubhra Mukhopadhyay, Dept. of Sociology, NBU. Prof. Mita Bhadra, Dept. of Sociology, NBU. Prof. Sanjoy Kr. Roy, Dept. of Sociology, NBU. Prof. Saswati Biswas, Dept. of Sociology, NBU. Prof. Sekh Rahim Manda!, Centre for Himalayan Studies, NBU. Prof. Rangadhar Sahu, Centre for Himalayan Studies, NBU. Prof. Maitreyee Choudhury, Centre for Himalayan Studies, NBU. Prof. Karubaki Dutta, Centre for Himalayan Studies, NBU. Prof. Mohan Prasad Dahal, Dept. of Nepali, NBU. Prof. Ghanshyam Nepal, Dept. of Nepali, NBU. Prof. Gangotri Chakraborty, Dept. of Law, NBU. Prof. Rathin Bandopadhyay, Dept. of Law, NBU. The Librarian, NBU (Invitee). 227 ,. CHAPTER-XI NEW APPOINTMENTS, FAREWELL & . OBITUARY DATE OF JOINING, RETIRED AND OBITUARY OF OFFICERS, TEACHERS & NON - TEACHING STAFF 2015 - 2016. DATE OF JOINING -TEACHER Nil DATE OF JOINING - OFFICER Nil DATE OF JOINING - NON - TEACHING i. Kousik Dey (UR), University B.T. & Evening College, College 02/11/2015 ii. Biswadev Singha (SC), University Library 02/11/2015 iii. Ganesh Mahali (ST), Office of the Registrar 02/11/2015 iv. Jyoti D. Rozario (UR), Office of the Finance Officer 02/11/2015 v. Sayan Dutta (UR), Office of the Finance Officer 02111/2015 vi. Rubi Thapa (Rai) (UR), Office of the Registrar 02/011/2015 vii. Joytish Singha (SC), Watch & Ward Department 02/1112015 viii. Ravi Mallick (UR), Health Centre 02/11/2015 Retired -Teacher SI. No. Name of the Teacher Department Date of Retirement 01. Prof.Manas Chakrabortv Political Science 30/11/2015 02. Prof. Aiit Kr. Roy Commerce 01/0112016 - 03. Prof. Swapan Kumar Saha Chemistry 06.01.2016 -- 04. Prof. Kamal Kanti Nandi Mathematics 27.01.2016 -- R etire . d I R esume . d - om1cer - - SI. Name of the Officer No. Department Date of Retirement I Resigned ~ ------t- --- - 01. Dr. Rahul Majumdar Office of the Registrar 01/11/2015 (resigned) 02. Dr. Dilip Kumar Sarkar Office of the Registrar 16.02.2016 (removal from service vide _ _j_ _ - E.C. decision dated 21/01/20 I_§_} 229 R etlre . d - N on- T eac h'mfl SI. No. Name of the Employee Department Date of Retirement 01. Sri Aiit Mukuti Engineering Branch 01/02/2015 02. Sri Samir Kumar Halder Engineering Branch 01/07/2015 03. Sri Pradip Kumar Kundu Botany 01/02/2015 04. Sri Samar Ghosh Office of the Registrar 01/03/2015 05. Smt. Rita Ghosh ' Computer Centre 01/05/2015 06. Sri Subhasis Roy Office of the Finance Officer 01/07/2015 07. Sri Samar Chakraborty Office of the Controller 01/01/2016 08. Sri Ashok Roy Office of the Registrar 01/02/2016 09. Sri. Swadesh Ch. Sanyal Watch & Ward 01/12/2015 10. Sri Gopal De Sarkar Watch & Ward 01/03/2016 11. Sri Sabindra Nath Ghosh University Press 01/12/2015 12. Sri Narayan Ch. Das Engineering Branch 01/02/2016 13. Sri Shyamal Kanti Dey University Library 01/03/2016 Obituary Teacher - NIL Officer - NIL Non - Teaching: - SI. No. Name of the Emplovee Department Date of Expired - 0 I. Nabin Singha Office of the Registrar 24/01/2015 02. Jayanti Goswami Bengali 01/10/2015 03 Samir Karmakar Office of the Finance Officer 20/01/2016 230 CHAPTER - XII CONVOCATION Ph.D. list of 46th Annual Convocation (Old) Degree SL Name of the Obtained (as Name of the Candidate Subject Topic Date when No. Supervisor(s) per old Admitted ordinances) PROPER NAMES : A Prof. Kantilal COMPARATIVE STUDY 01 Sadek Ali Philosophy Ph.D. (Arts) 131512015 Das AMONG MILL, RUSSELL AND FREGE Prof. Ankush ~·~ ~ 05 Pankoj Kumar Sarkar Prof. A. Bhatta Bengali ••''"~~ Ph.D. (Arts) 071812015 ~WI GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAYS IN NORTH Prof. Ratna Roy 06 Utpal Roy History BENGAL AND ITS IMPACT ON Ph.D. (Arts.) 071812015 Sanyal SOCIETY AND ECONOMY (1870 -1950) ~~~~-~: 14 Banani Manda! Prof. M. Bera Bengali ~11Al : f.ror '5l'Rl \(j ~ Ph.D. (Arts) 21 /01/2016 f- Theoretical Investigation on Ph.D. 15 Sonali Sarkar Prof A. Mishra Chemistry 21 /01/2016 Addition Reactions (Science) Occupation and Health : A Study Dr. S.K. Biswas Somenath Among The Stone Crushers of Ph.D. 16 and Prof. B. Anthropology 21/01/2016 Bhattacharjee Balasan Colony, Darjeeling District (Science) Chaudhuri in West Bengal Dr. S.K. Biswas A Study on the Status of Child - Ph .D. 17 Biswanath Gan &Dr.P Anthropology Workers in Balasan River Basin, (Science) Tarafdar Matigara Block, Darjeeling District 231 Ph.D. list of 46th Annual Convocation (as per New Ordinances) Degree Date SL Name of the Name of the Obtained Subject Topic when No. Candidate Supervisor(s) (as per New Admitted ordinances) A study on some aspects of bio-ecology and Prof. Ananda variability in defense enzymes of major Ph .D. OJ Soma Das Zoology 131512015 Mukhopadhyay lepidopteran and mite pests of tea from (Science) Darjeeling Terai Concept of Health, Disease and Treatment Dr. Pinak Ph.D. 02 Rimi Dutta Anthropology among The Totos ofTotopara in Jalpaiguri 29/6/2015 Tarafdar (Science) District, West Bengal Screening of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Growth Promoting Fungi from Prof. B.N. Ph.D. 03 Sanjita Allay Botany rhizosphere of Citrus reticu/ata Blanco and 07/8/2015 Chakraborty (Science) their assessment for management of root rot disease Cross Country Diversification of Fund and Ph.D. 04 TamojitRoy Dr. Hirak Ray Commerce Risk Management: Lessons for Indian 07/8'2015 (Commerce) Investors EVALUATION OF ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES OF SOME LOCALLY Ph.D. 05 Mitali Ghosal Dr. P. Manda! Botany 07/8/2015 AVAfLABLE EDIBLE PLANTS OF (Science) DARJEELING HfMALA YA fnvestigation of pathogenic bacteria ofa resident fish, lepidocephalichthys gun/ea Rudra Prasad Ph.D. 06 Prof. S. Baral Zoology (Hamilton Buchanan), in relation to 07/8/2015 Roy (Science limnochemistry of a Terai river Lotchka in the Darjeeling foothills of West Bengal, India Chiranjib Dr. Utpal 07 Bengali ~~~:~\f.l~ Ph.D. (Arts) 07/8/2015 Mukherjee Manda! ~ 46TH ANNUAL CONVOCATION TO BE HELD ON 18th February, 2016 PROVISIONAL LIST OF UNIVERSITY MEDAL HOLDERS P.G. EXAMINATIONS, 2015 GOLD MEDAL SI.No. Name Subject Examination Position 01 Sanchita Ghosh Bengali M.A. (2015) pt class pt 02 Chhatra Kumar Tamang Nepali M.A. (2015) 1st class 1st 03 Tanay Chanda Economics M.A. (2015) I St class l st 04 Dipsikha Pradhan History M.A. (2015) 1st class 1st - 05 Ambika Chettri Political Science M.A. (2015) I st class I st -·- 06 Sushmita Pradhan Sociology M.A. (2015) pt class pt 07 Shourav Nandy Strategic & Area Studies M.A. (2015) 1St class l st 08 Anamika Sarkar Sanskrit M.A. (2015) I st class I st -- 09 Ritambhara Chakraborty Philosophy M.A. (2015) I " class pt --· 10 Brajesh Kumar Choudhary Hindi M.A. (2015) pt class pt I 1 Sumuna Lama Commerce M.Com. (2015) pt class pt - 12 Rajib Mitra Geography & Applied M.A. (2015) 1st class 1St Geography 13 Pooja Biswas Mass Communication M.A. (2015) l st class I st ~ 14 Bamali Das Rural Development M.A. (2015) pt class pt - 15 Nibedita Kar Physics M.Sc. (2015) I st class I st 16 Suchandra Bhattacharya Chemistry M.Sc. (2015) pt class pt 17 Debalina Bhowmick Mathematics M.Sc. (2015) I st class I st l't class pt --18 Mridushree Basak Botany M.Sc. (2015) 19 Kamalika Roy Zoology M.Sc. (2015) 1st class 1st 20 Deena Gurung Botany M.Sc. (2014) l't class l't Darjeeling Govt. College - 21 Suman Dahal Zoology M.Sc. (2014) I St class I st Darjeeling Govt. College 22 Anwesha Chakraborty Anthropology M.Sc. (2015) pt class pt Biotechnology I st class I st 23 Neha Shashikant Kulkarni M.Sc. (2015) -- 24 Subhaiit Sen Microbiology M.Sc. (2015) l't class pt 25 Rishav Upadhyay Computer Science M.Sc. (2015) I st class I st 26 Debasmita Mallick M.C.A(2015) 15t class p t I St class I st 27 A vinash Bhujel Tea Science M.Sc. (2015) - 28 Sanchayita Dey MLIS (2014) I st class pt 29 MLIS (2015) pt class l't MBA (2015) l't class I st - 30 Sanchayan Dutta - 31 Avin Tiwari LL.M. (2015) 15t class I st SILVER MEDAL ·- SI.No. Name Subject Examination Position - . - 151 class 2nd 32 Haimanti Sarkar Bengali M.A. (2015) - Arkabrata Chaudhury English M.A. (2015) 2nd class I st 33- Meena Kumari Rai Nepali M.A. (2015) l st class 2nd 34 - 35 Saptadeep Chowdhury Economics M.A. (2015) 1st class 2nd 1st class 2nd 36 Prema Tamang History M.A. (2015) - Khusboo Gurung Political Science M.A. (2015) I st class 2nd 37- - 38 Rukmani Sharma Sociology M.A. (2015) I st class 2"d 39 Sampuma Manda! Strategic & Area Studies M.A. (2015) 1st class 2nd 233 40 Chaitali Roy Sanskrit M.A. (2015) 1st class 2nd 41 Goutam Mahanta Sanskrit M.A. (2015) 1st class 2nd 42 Jayanta Barman Philosophy M.A. (2015) 1st class 2nd 43 Dipankar Pathak Hindi M.A. (2015) I st class 2"d 44 Koyel Das Geography & Applied M.A. (2015) I st class 2"d Geography 45 Arpita Das Rural Development M.A. (2015) I st class 2"d 46 Rumi Paul Chowdhury Commerce M.Com. (2015) pt class 2 ad 47 Anirban Chanda Physics M.Sc. (2015) I st class 2nd 48 Abhisikta Bhowmick Chemistry M.Sc. (2015) 1st class 2nd 49 Deborupa Sarkar Mathematics M.Sc. (2015) pt class 2nd 50 Mriganka Kumar Das Botany M.Sc. (2015) 1st class 2nd 51 Sudeb Sarkar Zoology M.Sc. (2015) 1st class 2nd 52 Debolina Sen Botany M.Sc. (2014) 1st class 2nd Darjeeling Govt. College 53 Arghya Acharjee Zoology M.Sc. (2014) I st class 2nd Darjeeling Govt. College 54 Pooja Kumari Saha Anthropology M.Sc. (2015) 1st class 2nd 55 Suravi Mukherjee Biotechnology M.Sc. (2015) 1st class 2nd 56 Rasna Lakhotia Biotechnology M.Sc. (2015) 1st class 2"d 57 Moumita Goswami Microbio1ogy M.Sc. (2015) I st class 2nd 58 Shibaji Kundu Computer Science M.Sc. (2015) I st class 2nd 59 Esita Bhattacharyya M.C.A(2015) 1st class 2nd 60 Chaitali Roy Tea Science M.Sc. (2015) pt class 2nd 61 Arpita Dutta MLIS (2014) 1st class 2nd 62 MLIS (2015) 1st class 2nd 63 Ragini Mishra MBA (2015) 1st class 2nd 64 Tshering Den Bhutia LL.M. (2015) 1st class 2nd - 65 Deepbyasha Chhetri Mass Communication M.A. (2015) pt class 2nd ENDOWMENT MEDAL/PRIZE (P.G. EXAMINATIONS 2015) - --- Name of the candidate and .lie :..1~t!'.2 McJal Donor - - position Tanay Chanda !J,uw1ani Medal l st class l st Late Kalipada Mukutmani - -- - M.A. (Economics).2015 Dipsikha Pradhan ·ojmohini Debi Medal 1st class 1st Sri Nripen Baksi - - M.A. (History),2015 i Sanchita Ghosh I ~LL: .•.• tJatt3 Memorial Prize I St class 1st Sri M.B. Datta ._M_:_A . (Bengali)l..2015 ------endru Chandra Chanerjee Smriti Ambika Chettri pt class pt Sri Krishna Chandra ·ask::.; Chatterjee M.A. (Pol. Science),2015 Sushmita Pradhan Tha kur Panchanan Rurma Memorial pt class pt Panehanan Smarak Samiti I ~k dal I - - M.A. (Sociology),2015 I Chhatra Kumar Tamang ':.. ::ismani Pradhan Memorial Medal 1st class 1st Sri lndramani Pradhan M.A. (Nepali),2015 Sumuna Lama -, > I ),atc K.C. Dev Prize I St class I st Prof. K. Dev M.Com., 2015 --- - Sumuna Lama Lat e Sudh1;- Ch. Chakraborty Memorial I st class I st Late Sova Rani I ~ M dal Chakraborty M.Com., 2015 ------Suchandra Bhattacharya Late Anandamay I ::ur .:1;Jr,!na!l1 Bluttacharya Medal I st class pt Bhattacharya ' M.Sc. (Chemistrv),2015 -1- - Nibedita Kar 1 Tar iniprnsad Roy Medal I st class I st Late S.P. Roy M.Sc. (Physics), 2015 ·--· - --·--· Nibedita Kar •,::t c Sudhir Ch. Chakraborty Memorial Late Sova Rani I st class l't J:.I Chakraborty M.Sc. (Physics), 2015 Debalina Bhowmick Late Kanti Ch. :111 C!.. Bhattacharya Medal I st class I st Bhattacharya M.Sc. (Mathematics),2015 -- - 235 Debasmita Mallick Late Sourav Bhattacharya Memorial 78 1st class 1st Sti Pulak Bhattacharya Prize (M.C.A. ),2015 Debasmita Mallick 79 Jindal Jublee Gold Medal I st class 1st Jindal Aluminium Ltd . (M.C.A.),2015 Debalina Bhowmick 80 Medal Obtained highest marks in the · NBU Alumni Association Faculty of Science,2015 Rajib Mitra 1st class 1st 81 Bidhuranjan Adhikary Memorial Medal Smt. Sumita Adhikaty M.A. (Geography & Appl. Geo.), 2015 Prity Shah Obtained highest marks in (1st 82 Scholarship Prof. Bhaskar Dutta & 2"d Semester Combined ) Economics,2015 Sumuna Lama Obtained highest marks 83 Medal NBU Alumni Association Faculty of Arts, Commerce & Law, 2015 Arkabrata Chaudhury 84 Late Anai:J.damay Abaninath Bhattacharya Medal 1st position Bhattacharya M.A. (English),2015 Arkabrata Chaudhury . 85 Tarulata Mitra Memorial Medal 1st position Sri Prasanta Kr. Mitra M.A. (English),2015 Ravinder Singh Late Ananga R. Sengupta Memorial 86 Highest marks in P.G.D.T.M., Prof. P.R. Sengupta Medal 2015 236 46rn ANNUAL CONVOCATION TO BE HELD ON 18th February, 2016 PROVISIONAL LIST OF UNIVERSITY MEDAL HOLDERS U.G. EXAMINATIONS, 2015 GOLD MEDAL SI.No. Name Subject Examination Position 01 Arindam Bhattacharjee Physics B.Sc. (Hons.) 2015 1st class 1st 02 Rajiv Kumar Dutta Chemistry B.Sc. (Hons.) 2015 I st class I st 03 Sourav Hossain Mathematics B.Sc. (Hons.) 2015 I st class I st 04 Divya Pradhan Botany B.Sc. (Hons.) 2015 1st class l st 05 Sayantan Chanda Zoology B.Sc. (Hons.) 2015 I st class I st 06 Monisha Dey Physiolo!!v a.Sc. (Hons.) 2015 1st class I st Satavisha Banerjee Computer Science B.Sc. (Hons.) 2015 15t class 15t 07- 08 Ankita Dutta Microbiology B.Sc. (Hons.) 2015 1'1 class 15t 09 Diganta Ray English B.A. (Hons.) 2015 1st class I st IO Kusbal Tamang Nepali B.A. (Hons.) 1015 I st class I St - 11 Babli Kumari Sah Hindi B.A. (Hons.) 2015 I st class 1st 12 Subhadip Ghosh Sanskrit B.A. (Hons.) 2015 I st class I st 13 Debapriya Paul History B.A. (Hons.) 2015 I st class I st - 14 Isha Garg Political Science B.A. (Hons.) 2015 I st class I st 15 Shuvanjali Paul Economics B.A. (Hons.) 2015 I st class I st 16 Biswajit Paul Geography B.A. (Hons.) 2015 I st class 1st ~ 17 Subhajit Dutta Philosophy B.A. (Hons.) 2015 I st class I st 18 Samip Sinchuri Sociology B.A. (Hons.) 2015 1st class l st 19 Shradha Rai Sociology B.A. (Hons.) 2015 1st class 1st 20 Nivedita Saha Education B.A. (Hons.) 2015 I st class 1st 21 Joyeeta Dey Education B.A. (Hons.) 2015 l st class 1st Mass Comm.& 22 Kritika Nair B.A. (Hons.) 2015 I st class I st Journalism - 23 Md. Saha Reza Urdu B.A. (Hons.) 2015 I st class 1st 24 Subham Agarwal Accounting B.Com. (Hons.),2015 l st class 1st 25 Tanisha Kansai Management B.Com. (Hons.) 2015 1st class 1st B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) 26 Sahansheela Sharma i st class I st 2015 237 --- SILVER MEDAL 27 Agnibha De Sarkar Physics B.Sc. (Hons.) 2015 I st class 2nd 28 Pallabi Ghosh Chemistrv B.Sc. (Hons.) 2015 I st class 2nd 29 Chandra Sekhar Mahato Mathematics B.Sc. (Hons.) 2015 I st class 2nd 30 Shobhon Paul Botany B.Sc. (Hons.) 2015 I st class 2nd 31 Shayantani Chakraborty Zoology B.Sc. (Hons.) 2015 1st class 2nd 32 Anupama Rai Physiology B.Sc. (Hons.) 2015 1st class 2nd 33 Poulomi Choudhury Computer Science B.Sc. (Hons.) 2015 I st class 2nd 34 Aishwarya Rai Microbiology B.Sc. University Bronze Medal 58 Gourab Ghosh BLIS (2015) I st class I st 59 Rinky Roy B.Ed. (2015) I st class 1st 60 Reiina Gurung B.Ed. (2015) I st class I st ·- Physical Education, 61 Dipak Singha I st class I st 2015 238 ENDOWMENT MEDAL/PRIZE (U.G. EXAMINATIONS 2015) SI. No. Name of the Medal Name of the candidate and position Donor Diganta Ray 62 Tarapada Banerjee Medal 1st class 1st Late Tarapada Banerjee B .A. (Hons. )(English ),2015 Laden Sherpa Kartick Ch. Maiti Memorial 63 Securing second highest marks in Dr. Kartick Ch. Maiti Medal B.A. (Hons.) in English, 2015 . ~· Subhadip Ghosh 64 Bisweswari Devi Medal 1st class 1st Sri Nripen Baksi B.A. (Hons.)(Sanskrit), 2015 Subham Agarwal Institute of Chartered 65 Book Prize 1st class 1st Accountants of India B.Com. (Hons.)(Accouting), 2015 Tanisha Kansai Institute of Chartered 66 Book Prize 1st class I st Accountants of India B.Com. (Hons.)(Management), 2015 Subham Agarwal 67 Late Premada Devi Medal 1st class 1st Prof. K. Dev B.Com. (Hons.)(Accouting), 2015 ,.,anisha Kansai 68 Late Premada Devi Medal 1st class 1st Prof. K. Dev B.Com. (Hons.)(Management), 2015 - - Subhajit Dutta Dr. Abul Kasem Memorial 69 1st class 1st Dr. Hasna Hana Begum Medal B.A. (Hons.)(Philosophy), 2015 Subhadip Ghosh Narmada Devi Memorial Gold Securing highest marks in B.A. 70 Smt. Jayasree Sengupta Medal (Hons.) examination including all subjects, 2015 - Supriya Roy 71 Jyotsnamayee Medal Highest marks among the girls student Late Tarapada Banerjee in B.A. General Course, 2015 Chumki Ghosh Late Tarapada 72 Jyotsnamayee Medal Highest marks among the girls student Banerjee in B.Sc. General Course, 2015 Parul Prabha Mukherjee & Sri Isha Garg Prof. Saktidas 73 Haridas Mukherjee Memorial I st class 1st Mukherjee Medal B.A. (Hons.) (Political Science), 2015 Navina Sharma 74 Gold Medal 1st class 2"d Janpath Samachar B.A. LLB. (Hons.), 2015 Late Dr. Ajoy Ranjan Gourab Ghosh Smt. Krishna 75 Chakraborty Memorial Prize pt position in B.L.l.S., 2015 Chakraborty Pooja Sinha Bibhutibhusan Ghosh Memorial 76 1st position in BA. LLB (General Smt. Ruma Ghosh Medal 2015) Pooja Sinha P.K. Sengupta Memorial Gold 77 Highest marks in Smt. Jayasree Sengupta Medal BA. LLB. (General, 2015) Pooja Sinha Late Dibish Ch. Ray Memorial 78 1st position in BA. LLB (General, Smt. Bharati Ray Medal 2015) - CHAPTER - XIII • AFFILIATED COLLEGES ,_ Affiliated Colleges ~ SI. No. Details Numbers/Names, Remarks Total number and name of colleges affiliated 60 I. to the University of North Bengal (Annexure - I) Total number of teachers in the affiliated 1634 2. colleges (college wise) Annexure - II 1. Eastern Dooars B.Ed. Training College 2. Manoranjan Saha B.Ed. Training College Name of the new colleges for the academic 3. Govt. General Degree College 3. session 2015-16 (Gorubathan) 4. Govt. General Degree College (Pedong) 5. Pijush Kanti Mukherjee Mahavidyalaya 4. Number and name of the constituent colleges 1. Universify B.T. Evening College Total number of teachers in constituent 37 5. colleges college-wise (University BT & Evenin~ Colle~e) Number and name of the total Non- 55 6. government colleges (including minority (Annexure - III) college and private colleges) a) Govt.-aided colleges 1. S.R.B.T. College 2. Siliguri B.Ed.College 3. A.C.Training Col"lege 4. University B.T.& Evening College b) Self-financed Colleges • 1. Coochbehar B.Ed. Training College 2. Vidyasagar College of Education 7. Number and name of the total B.Ed. colleges 3. Kabiguru Rabindranath College of Education 4. Alipurduar B.Ed. Training College 5. Dhupguri College of Education 6. NBS College of Education 7. Pragati College of Education 8. Eastern Dooars B.Ed. Training College 9. Manoranjan Saha B.Ed. Training College 8. Number and name of the total B.P.Ed colleges 1. Model B.P.Ed. College All Law colleges affiliated io the University 1. Jalpaiguri Law College 9. of North Bengal including department of law, 2. Indian Institute of Legal Studies NBU 3. Department of Law, NBU Total Honours subject of all colleges affiliated JO. B.A.= 15, B.Sc.=10, B.Com.=03 to the University of North Bengal --- Total number of teachers in University I 1. University B.T. & Evening College- 37 colleges college-wise 12. Total enrolment, Graduate level all courses UG - 91386 - - 1-- -- 13 . Percentage of SC/ST/OBC/BC/PWD, SC=27%, ST=7%, OBC=J 7% -- 241 minorities Number and name of the total autonomous 14. Nil colleges Annexure-1 Total number and name of colleges affiliated to the University of North Bengal: SI. SI. Name of the Colleges Name of the Colleges no. no. 1. Darjeeling Government College 31. Falakata College 2. Kalimpong College 32. Alipurduar College ,, .). Bijanbari Degree College 33. PMS Mahavidyalaya 4. Kurseong College 34. Sukanta Mahavidyalaya 5. St. Joseph's College 35. Vivekananda College 6. Cluny Women's College 36. Saheed Kshudiram College 7. South Field College 37. Nani Bhattachariee S. Mahavidyalaya 8. Siliguri College 38. Maynaguri College 9. SRBT College 39. N.B. St. Xavier's College 10. Siliguri College of Commerce 40. Alipurduar Mahila Mahavidyalaya 11. Salesian College 41. Model B.P.Ed. College 12. Siliguri Mahila Maha vidyalaya 42. Rajganj College 13. Sonada Degree College 43. Samuktala Sidhu Kanhu College 14. Siliguri B.Ed. College 44. University B.T. & Evening College 15. K.P. Ghosh Tarai Mahavidyalaya 45. Coochbehar B.Ed. Training College 16. Surya Sen Mahavidyalaya 46. Islampur College 17. Mirik Degree College 47. Kabiguru Rabindranath College of Education 18. Ghoom Jorebunglow Degree College 48 Alipurduar B.Ed. Training College 19. Gyanjyoti College 49. Chopra Kamala Paul Smriti Mahavidyalaya 20. Nakshalbari College 50 Dhupguri Girls' College 21. Vidyasagar College of Education 51. Lilabati Mahavidyalaya 22. Munshi Premchand Mahavidyalaya 52. Dhuoirnri College of Education 23. A.P.C. Roy Govt. College 53. N.B.S. College of Education 24. Indian Institute of Legal Studies 54. Pragati College of Education Govt. General Degree College (Hindi 25. Ananda Chandra College 55. Medium) 26. Ananda Chandra College of Commerce 56. Eastern Dooars B. Ed. Training College 27. Ananda Chandra Training College 57. Manoranjan Saha B.Ed. Training College 28. P.D. Women's College 58. Govt. General Degree College (Gorubathan) 29. Birpara College 59. Govt. General Degree College (Pedong) 30. Jalpaiguri Law College 60. Pijush Kanti Mukherjee Mahavidyalaya 242 Annexure - II Total number of teachers in the affiliated Colleges (college wise): Total Total SI. number SI. number Name of the Colleges Name of the Colleges no. of no. of Teachers Teachers Darjeeling Government I. 176 31. Falakata College 10 College 2. Kalimpong College 50 32. Alipurduar College 46 3. Bijanbari Degree College 07 33. PMS Mahavidyalaya 39 4. Kurseong College 46 34. Sukanta Mahavidyalaya 34 St. Joseph's College 35. Vivekananda College ---5. 78 15 6. Cluny Women's College 29 36. Saheed Kshudiram College 14 Nani Bhattacharjee S. 7. South Field College 28 37. 17 Mahavidyalaya 8. Siliguri College 85 38. Maynaguri College 44 9. SRBT College 10 39. N.B. St. Xavier's College 39 Alipurduar Mahila 10. Siliguri College of Commerce 19 40. 18 Mahavidyalaya 1 I. Salesian College 25 41. Model B.P.Ed. College 05 Siliguri Mahila Maha 12. 17 42. Rajganj College 26 vidyalaya 13. Sonada Degree College 07 43. Samuktala Sidhu Kanhu College 14 University B.T. & Evening 14. Siliguri B.Ed. College 08 44. 39 College K.P. Ghosh Tarai Coochbehar B.Ed. Training 15. 41 45. 06 Mahavidyalaya College 16. Surya Sen Mahavidyalaya 55 46. Islampur College 34 Kabiguru Rabindranath College 17. Mirik Degree College 15 47. 15 of Education Ghoom Jorebunglow Degree Alipurduar B.Ed. Training 18 . 30 48 15 College College - Chopra Kamala Paul Smriti 19. Gyanjyoti College 32 49. 12 Mahavidyalaya 20. Nakshalbari College 23 50 Dhupguri Girls' College 14 Vidyasagar College of 21. 08 51. Lilabati Mahavidyalaya 12 Education Munshi Premchand 22. 23 52. Dhupguri College of Education 15 Mahavidyalaya A.P.C. Roy Govt. College 40 53. N.B.S. College of Education 10 - 23. Indian Institute of Legal 24. 25 54. Pragati College of Education 10 Studies Govt. General Degree College .. 25. Ananda Chandra College 63 55. 12 (Hindi Medium) Ananda Chandra College of Eastern Dooars B. Ed. Training 26. 19 56. 15 Commerce College ~ 243 ,· .. ~ I• ... ' • . .- .. Ananda Chandra Training Manoranjan Saha B.Ed. Training 27. 08 57. 08 College College Govt. General Degree College 28. P.D. Women's College 48 58. 21 (Gorubathan) Govt. General Degree College 29. Birpara College 21 59. (Pedong) 18 Pijush Kanti Mukherjee 30. Jalpaiguri Law College 14 60. 07 Mahavidvalaya Total 1050 Total 584 TOTAL-1634 • • 244 Annexure - III Number and name of the total Non-government colleges (Including Minority College and Private colleges) SI. SI. Name of the Colleges Name of the Colleges No. No. I. - Kalimpong College 31. PMS Mahavidyalaya 2. Bijanbari Degree College 32. Sukanta Mahavidyalaya 3. Kurseong College 33. - Vivekananda College 4. St. Joseph's College 34. Saheed Kshudiram College ~ 5. Cluny Women's College 35. Nani Bhattacharjee S. Mahavidyalaya 6. South Field College 36. Maynaguri College - 7. Siliguri College 37. N.B. St. Xavier's College - 8. SRBT College 38. Alipurduar Mahila Mahavidyalaya 9. Siliguri College of Commerce 39. Model B.P.Ed. College 10. Salesian College 40. Rajganj College 1 I. Siliguri Mahi la Maha vidyalaya 41. Samuktala Sidhu Kanhu College 12. Sonada Degree College 42. University B.T. & Evening College 13. Siliguri B.Ed. College 43. Coochbehar B.Ed. Training College 14. K.P. Ghosh Tarai Mahavidyalaya 44. Islampur College 15. Surya Sen Mahavidyalaya 45. Kabigl1ru Rabindranath College of Education 16. Mirik Degree College 46. Alipurduar B.Ed. Training College 17. Ghoom Jorebunglow Degree Colfege 47. Chopra Kamala Paul Smriti Mahavidvalava 18. Gyanivoti College 48. Dhupguri Girls' College 19 . Nakshalbari College 49. Lilabati Mahavidyalaya • 20. Vidyasagar College of Education 50. Dhupguri College of Education 2 1. Munshi Premchand Mahavidyalaya 51. N.B.S. College of Education Indian Institute of Legal Studies -22. 52. Pragati CoJlege of Education 23. Ananda Chandra College 53. Eastern Dooars B. Ed. Training College 24. Ananda Chandra College of Commerce 54. Manoranjan Saha B.Ed. Training College 25. Ananda Chandra Training College 55. Pijush Kanti Mukherjee Mahavidyalaya - 26. P.D. Women's College 27. Birpara College - 28. Jalpaiguri Law College - 29. Falakata College - 30. Alipurduar College 245 v . .. CHAPTER - XIV JALPAIGURI CAMPUS • Jalpaiguri Campus The University of North Bengal has commenced the classes on the newly established Jalpaiguri campus in the premises of Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College on and from 16th August, 2013. .. The Inaugural ceremony of Jalpaiguri Campus, University of North Bengal was held on 16th August, 2013 at Sarojendra Deb Raikot Kalakendra. Initially four departments (Bengali, English, Sanskrit and Geography & Applied Geography) started functioning from the academic session 2013-14. While the departments of Bengali, English, and Geography & Applied Geography are already existed in the NBU campus (Raja Rammohunpur), the department of Sanskrit is a new addition to Jalpaiguri campus. The University has decided to introduce this department keeping in mind the rich tradition of Sanskrit learning in this region. The departments have depended predominantly on the faculties of the NBU main campus and the out-house faculties of different universities and colleges in and outside the West Bengal. There is an office started functioning- mainly for ensuring that the students do not have to move to and fro between campuses for administrative supports. The intake capacity for the Bengali, English and Sanskrit is 45 each, while that of the Department of Geography & Applied Geography is 30. p ersons worki neon C on t rac t ua IBas1s . SI. No. Name of the Post Name 1. Assistant Registrar Dr. Susmita Misra 2. Junior Peon Sri Rony Dutta Sanctioned post: Associate professor -01, Assistant Professors- 12, Officers-04, Non-teaching -08 L"b1 rary f actTf 1 1es ava1.• a bl cat th.1s campus. ....------~ _ ____D~artment No. of Books Books purchased under RUSA . Bengali 1081 NA ---f- English 407 NA Sanskrit 715 1437 Geograph & Applied Geography 144 33 ·-1-· - General 72 NA - - );>- UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortium Jstore £-Journal with Internet facilities at Library for all students. Laboratory Facilities: >- Computer Laboratory for General Students. ;.... Laboratory facilities with Surveying Instruments, Soil Testing Instruments, Raingauge, Barograph, Fluviometer and Computers for Geography & Applied Geography students. 247 Other Facilities: I. Students Canteen. 2. Indoor Games. 3. Musical Instruments. 4. Photocopy facility. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH 2015-16 -- Introduction Name of Students Non of the Name of Faculties Stremrth Organize Any Other Department Teaching Male Female Seminar Activities - Staff Prof. G.N. Ray Prof. S. Samanta Prof. A. Sengupta 2013 Asso. Prof. C. Laha NIL 18 51 NIL NIL Asso. Prof. B.P. Ray Asstt. Prof. R. Ghosh Asstt. Prof. Sumana Roy DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY & APPLIED GEOGRAPHY 2015-16 - - In troduction Name of Faculties NameofNon Students Organize Any of the Teaching Staff Strength Seminar Other Dcpartmcnt - Male Female Activities Prof. S. Sarkar - Dr. S. Rohatgi Dr. S. Sao Dr. D.K. Manda! Dr. I. Lepcha 2013 NIL 21 19 NIL NIL Dr. R. Ray Dr. S. Bhattachariya Dr. S.N. Saha Mr. A. Basak 248 DEPARTMENT OF SANSKRIT 2015-16 ~ Introduction Any Name of Name of Non Students Strength Organize of the Other Faculties Teaching Staff Seminar Department Male Female Activities Prof. R. Ghosh Dr. S. Ghosh 2013 Dr. G. Das NIL 29 39 NIL NIL Mr. T. Paul Dr. S.K. Jha Smt. D. Dey DEPARTMENT OF BENGALI 2015-16 Name of Introduction Students Strength Any Non Organize of the Name of Faculties Other Teaching Seminar Department Activities Staff Male Female Dr. Nikhilesh Ray Dr. Dipak Kumar Roy Dr. Utpal Manda! Dr. Ankush Bhatia Miss Nibedita Guha Dr. Mridul Ghosh Mr.Pankaj kr Sarkar National Sri Arun Kumar 2013 NIL 25 36 Seminar NIL Sanfui Smt.Nina Singha Roy Sri Mithu Deb i. Smt.Tapati Saha ~ Mr.Sekhar Sarkar Sri Dipak Saha Mr.Amar Chandra Ray Mr. Gautam Das 249 Published by: The Registrar, University of North Bengal Printed at: University Press, University of North Bengal